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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4372714, member: 2844&quot;][USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] probably knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny story about restrictions. When Napoleon traveled through the Netherlands he was apalled by the wealth of jewellery on Dutch women&#039;s caps. He issued a decree that women should only wear jewellery on one side of the head.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;m sure women suffered neck complaints from wearing just one half of their jewellery set, but as we all know, Napoleon&#039;s rule didn&#039;t last that long.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just imagine, only one side of this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]365763[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The gold is actually part of a brace construction to keep the cap firmly on the head in a windy country, hence the extra pins on the side. I don&#039;t know how they solved that during French rule.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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