Alfred The Great
Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
January
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Aocording to the most reliabie Eaglish historians, Alired the Great, in 872, ■was the first English sovereign to wear a crown. From early insoriptions and historical records it appears that the Saxon kings bef ore the time of Alfred wore simply a band of pearls around tbe head as a mark of roya] power.
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Ann Arbor Argus
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