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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2845512, member: 13874"][USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] Revising MY sources? I point to them in my articles, linked, do look. And just because some royal personages wore non-fine jewelry it did not make it <i>precious</i>, or intrinsically valuable. The perceived value as in <i>collectible</i> is different as everyone here knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cut steel jewelry was a product born from the need for precious metals and hard cash to pay for the German war efforts. The fancy ladies of Berlin sported <i>cut steel jewelry</i> to brag about how they had supported the war to pay for weapons in WW I when they donated their precious jewelry for it. Their fine jewels, gold rings, diamonds, were "traded" for cut steel jewelry as a token of thanks from the German government. </p><p><br /></p><p>That Napoleon gave his second wife cut steel jewelry surprises me. Wasn't she an Austrian princess? Are you sure it was Napoleon I and not Napoleon III? I recognize the classic "bee", a symbol of N I's reign, but still would like to see a direct reference to him owning it if you have one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2845512, member: 13874"][USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] Revising MY sources? I point to them in my articles, linked, do look. And just because some royal personages wore non-fine jewelry it did not make it [I]precious[/I], or intrinsically valuable. The perceived value as in [I]collectible[/I] is different as everyone here knows. Cut steel jewelry was a product born from the need for precious metals and hard cash to pay for the German war efforts. The fancy ladies of Berlin sported [I]cut steel jewelry[/I] to brag about how they had supported the war to pay for weapons in WW I when they donated their precious jewelry for it. Their fine jewels, gold rings, diamonds, were "traded" for cut steel jewelry as a token of thanks from the German government. That Napoleon gave his second wife cut steel jewelry surprises me. Wasn't she an Austrian princess? Are you sure it was Napoleon I and not Napoleon III? I recognize the classic "bee", a symbol of N I's reign, but still would like to see a direct reference to him owning it if you have one?[/QUOTE]
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