Posted by Tamara on January 6, 2012, 9:16 am, in reply to "to Tamara..."
That is exactly what I concluded (responding to your 1st paragraph )
Thank you for the additional information...I never followed orders closely.
--Previous Message-- : No, when an elephant is returned (let us say : it was given out during the reign of HM King : Frederik IX and would therefore have his : monogram on it) then King Frederik's : monogram is removed and Queen Margrethe's is : painted onto it... That is why the elephant : always has the monarch's monogram on it who : gave it out. : : Under the feet of the elephants you will : find little numbers - and these numbers : refer to who have had the elephant before. : : Count Flemming has told that one cannot : trace all owners back in time - as the : archive was placed in Christiansborg Castle, : but unfortunately this archive was lost when : the castle burt in 1884. :