Damaged crown of Empress Eugénie can be fully restored

The piece of jewelry is “crushed and significantly deformed” when the burglars tried to pull it through a relatively small hole that they had cut in the display case with a cutter. Then there is the crown broken by a “violent impact”.said the Louvre. Accordingly, all parts of the crown are still there – with the exception of one of eight golden eagles. All 56 emeralds are still there, only ten of the 1,354 diamonds are missing, as the museum announced.

A committee of experts led by museum president Laurence des Cars will oversee the restoration, which will be carried out by experts yet to be selected. The crown once belonged to Eugénie de Montijo, wife of the last French emperor, Napoleon III.

During the break-in on October 19th, the thieves had… Crown jewels with a material value of around 88 million euros and inestimable historical value were stolen. While they lost the crown on the run, eight other pieces of jewelry remain missing, including an emerald and diamond necklace that Napoleon Bonaparte gave to his second wife, Marie-Louise.

The two perpetrators and two accomplices are now in custody, There is still no trace of the prey. Experts assume that fences broke out the gemstones and melted the gold.