Hi,  I'm writing again about the Dienst orchestrion which is in a
museum here in north Patagonia.  There is an inscription inside on
the left, "Diadem 48", that we don't know what it means, so I have
a question to MMD Readers:  Can somebody write to me to explain it?

Regards,
Horacio Asborno,
Viedma, Patagonia, Argentina

 [ My 7-kilogram Merriam dictionary of 1927 says:
 [
 [ diadem (from French & Latin "to bind"):
 [ 1. A crown; specifically an ornamental headband or fillet,
 [    worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty.
 [ 2. Regal power or dignity.
 [ 3. (Heraldry) One of the arches rising from the rim
 [    of a crown and uniting over the center.
 [
 [ The first verse of the Himno Nacional del Paraguay concludes:
 [
 [    Y trozada la augusta diadema,
 [    Enalzaron el gorro triunfal!
 [    (And when the august diadem was shattered,
 [    They raised the triumphal cap of liberty.)
 [ Ref. http://www.paraguaysp.com.br/himno.htm
 [
 [ -- Robbie