In 1839 Wilhem I was far from being King let alone Kaiser..... his father was still alive and he had an older brother who would succeed their father first.
--Previous Message-- : That would be most remarkable when the King of : Prussia (then Wilhelm I, later first German : Emperor) would give such an amazing and old : treasure directly to Princess Sophie von : Württemberg. : : This would mean that the King gave his best : pearls (I can not imagine that there is a : better or more historic pearl collier in the : House of Prussia) away. That was not how I : understood it, but I stand corrected. : Sometimes I feel that Martijn Akkerman is a : great expert but makes little mistakes on : details, I have heard him so now and then : making these mistakes in Tussen Kunst En : Kitsch (the Dutch equivalent of the Antiques : Roadshow) and I thought: "Hmmm... a bit : uncareful with precize details". : : But who knows, maybe he has access to all : Orange-Nassau jewels and corresponding : inventories, invoices, bills and whatever. :