Grisly Sale: Oliver Cromwell's Copper Corpse Plaque Up for Auction
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 07:00
in Health & Medicine
A beautifully engraved plaque taken from the grave of Oliver Cromwell, a major figure in 17th-century England, is up for sale. The plaque was disinterred during the ritual posthumous 'execution' of Cromwell in 1661.