Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1899 — Queen Victoria’s Wedding Ring. [ARTICLE]

Queen Victoria’s Wedding Ring.

Queen Victoria’s wedding ring was made by a jeweler now living in Philadelphia, says the Chicago Chronicle. The old craftsman, however, is apparently indifferent to the fact that it was he who joined two kingdoms together with the band of gold fashioned for that occasions. “Ja! ja!” he nods, when questioned about it “I learned the trade In Germany.” “How did It happen that the commission was given to you?” The little old German took off his spectacles and, with an effort, called up the details: “I went over from Germany to England,” he answered, “ to a shop in London to work. So! It was a big place. One day word came to make the Queen’s wedding ring. I had the specialty; I made all such rings; and so they gave it to me to do. That Is all.”