Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Did Wilhelm of Wied try to drop jewels from plane?

September 22, 1919

A mystery regarding royal jewels is unfolding in Germany and Sweden, according to a report in the Chicago Daily Tribune. Swedish police are frustrated by a story about Prince Wilhelm of Wied. Jewels, which may belong to the Saxony royalty family, were apparently dropped from the air over Sweden by a seaplane piloted by Prince Wilhelm of Wied. Two Germans were arrested after the parcels were dropped, and the prince's role in the attempt for aerial smuggling is not known.

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