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FALLEN CROWN. For the first time since the brazen theft of French crown jewels, the Louvre has publicly shared images of Empress Eugénie’s crown, which was badly crushed by thieves who tried but failed to make off with it. Investigators determined that the robbers jammed the crown through a narrow opening they had cut in the jewel display case using an angle grinder and then dropped the headpiece as they fled, reports ARTnews. In a statement, the museum said the crown, with its curved waves of golden eagles and leaf-like diamond and emerald palmettes, is mostly intact. As a result, restorers overseen by an expert committee will be able to repair it “without having to resort to reconstitution or restitution.” The other stolen crown jewels, estimated to be worth some $102 million, have not been found to date.