NAPOLEON'S EMERALDS
Countess Hangwitz-Reventlow (formerly Miss Barbara Hutton) is reported in Paris to have bought emerald's once owned by Napoleon 111. They are said to have been sold—for £240,000—by Mme. Ganna Walksa, the Polish prima donna and former wife of Mr. Harold F. McCormick, Chicago millionaire The emeralds were given by Napoleon 111 to' the Countess de Castiglione When Mme. Ganna Walksa was' asked about the report, she said, "I don't wish to discuss the matter." The sale, it is stated, was made when the countess was in Paris recently on a shopping tour. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 33, 7 August 1936, Page 18
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94NAPOLEON'S EMERALDS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 33, 7 August 1936, Page 18
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