Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1911 — KING TO WEAR CULLINAN DIAMONDS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KING TO WEAR CULLINAN DIAMONDS

LONDON. —A wonderful transformation has been wrought in the crown Jewels and regalia which will be used at the coronation In Westminster Abbey next June, and which have now been restored to the Wakefield Chamber In the Tower of London. The great Cullinan diamonds, the larger of which, out of cdmpllment to United South Africa, King Qeorge has ordered to be renamed the Star of Africa, have a prominent place In the regalia. The Star, which weighs 616% carats, has been set in the scepter near the head. The smaller Cullinan stone, whose weight 1b 309 3-16 carats, Is placed In the front of the crown which has been altered and enlarged and to the gems In which have been added two new sapphires, 66 brilliants and 52 rose diamonds. Both the Cullinan diamonds can be removed from the crown and scepter when those emblems of power are' not in use, and can then be worn by the queen as a pendant.