A necklace
that belonged to a passenger on the Titanic has been stolen from an exhibition
in Denmark.
BBC NEWS/The gold-plated
necklace was part of a temporary display of artefacts from the ill-fated ocean
liner at Copenhagen's Tivoli park.
Police are
investigating and Tivoli has offered a reward of 1,000 euros (£870) for its
recovery.
It is believed the
necklace belonged to first-class US passenger Eleanor Widener, who survived the
1912 sinking.
More than 1,500
passengers and crew died when the Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic after
striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage.
"The showcase
has not been broken into and the alarm didn't go off," Tivoli spokesman
Torben Planks said.
"It is pretty
embarrassing," he added.
Exhibition owner
Luis Ferreiro said the necklace was insured for 14,000 euros but was so well
known he doubted it could be sold on.
"It was very
important piece. The artefacts tell stories about the people aboard," he
told the Associated Press.
The Widener family
were among the richest families on board the Titanic.
The travelling
exhibition includes china, ships' fittings and other items recovered from the
famous shipwreck.
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