King Edward's Crown.
The English royal crown is a slow and gradual evolution from the Anglo-Saxon fillet of gold set with pearls. The first Norman king woi c a crown from the band of which there rose four trefoils. The idea has been graduolly elaborated till it found its highest development in the tall 'and costly crown studded with gems, surmounted by a cross and set over a cap of ermine, made for the coronation of the late Oueen Victoria. It was valued at £113,000. The present King, however, has reverted to the plainer and less ornate Tudor crown
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 7 August 1902, Page 1
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99King Edward's Crown. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 7 August 1902, Page 1
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