Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — The Russian Crown. [ARTICLE]

The Russian Crown.

The crown which Is to be worn at the voming coronation of the Gear of Rus■la is one of the richest treasures In the possession of European royal or Imperial families. Catharine the Great bad It made by a jeweler from Geneva in the last eentury. She gave orders at the time that it was to be the most valuable crown in Europe. The jeweler, however, was Informed that it must not weigh more than five pounds, as the Empress was to wear It for five hours at the ceremony of coronation. The Genevan was successful in fulfilling al) the requirements, and the crown to-day Is valued at nearly $450,000. On its top to a ruby surmounted by a cross of fir* magnificent diamends, and the rest of It is fairly covered with diamonds am’ gsutoi