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Article content Q This sheepskin coat was made by my Romanian great-grandparents over 110 years ago and is very special to me. I grew up on a grape farm in Siebenburgen (German for Transylvania), but in 1944 our family was evicted by Russian soldiers, who shipped us by wagon to a camp in Austria. I remember hiding many times in the ditch on the way to escape bombs flying over our heads.
We remained in this camp for 11 years, and somehow this coat survived with us. It is 117 cm long (46 inches), and the leather is stamped with designs and embroidered with tassels and brilliant coloured flowers. Is it valuable? Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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