The Czar's Coronation.

Hastings Standard, Issue 28, 29 May 1896, Page 4

The Czar's Coronation.

Says •ii .• "1 {■::j>■ r■■ "" '! he jewellery thai ;1i s ■ I'luii-* -rot* and !:• I;J»;. of Slassia will wear at their C>tt i. ai is :iv*..>u-i:ic<''lf■!-; =.l>!'.'• attention iii Kurop' . 'tin: crown is naturally the chief ptec-. which is exe--1 ;t i<> aaaittile model, and , valued fit 4 ."200.Of)!). 1': consists of ; t ■:<> parts. -ymb-ii-ii.-; tin' -ma rn ami western empia > two parts :m* ; joined in the nnddl" by :i splendid ' rnbv. to w inch attached ii * e diai moods in the form of a cross. Beside j the crown. . remarkable, if not | the most valuable, i< the sveptr-, executed in with th- orders of the Czar Paul for his coronation in A 1 Jill. Tts cki-f value is dim to the hi-norieal datmoml Orloff. 1 I c-l> hrated -em. .-iJ'i-iit the size of a I pigeon's eg.", hj,; s it-; i, I]-' ■ of romance. | ii:: i i aad irone, which ] -1 - it M-ie <>f the Koi) il tOi) I' foi' 'IO' .U ii''t i C ! interest, while r\-r six- ami lmuity it hoi is ;> lir-a rank amom; Kuropetin ; disouonds. It one- t-.»n>uiutc<l one of t iha ry:s ot a famous idol, ham which ! ii wa ■ plundered by ;■ French deserter I nnd sold to an Knglish sea (-npt.-iii) : ; |Yoi:l hii;l if passed £••) London .Jew, j who o!fered it !"■>!• to tin- Kmpress j ni The Lmpr-s, however, j ami-id,l th'-' r.rh-f mac d for it tw i hiah. j: was ;■ tt = rovi L h-ivgh* hy I Prince t>' •'•' for .• ■ >« i.'he i patent of nabiiity was al-'o conferred j upon the mcivfi:»iit a; an mound j pension of -■ ' roeba-s awarded to j hi*!. Later on th " ■ pia-senti d j the gem as a. g;ft to C.iih-. rme,