THE ENTENTE CORDIALE TREASURE
Trésor de l’Entente Cordiale
Overview
The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale is an armchair treasure hunt created by Michel Becker, the co-creator of the legendary ‘On The Trail Of The Golden Owl’ treasure hunt. The hunt began on April 8th 2021 on the anniversary of Edward VII and French President Émile Loubet signing the Entente Cordiale in 1904, an agreement between Britain and France to form an alliance. The story of this agreement along with the clues are documented in the illustrated pages of the treasure hunt book.
The prize awarded to the winner of this treasure hunt will be the golden casket given to France by Britain in which the Entente Cordiale was sealed. The casket, crafted by the jewelers who were appointed by the Crown – Goldsmiths & Silversmiths is valued at over £650,000!
The Golden Casket along with both French and English versions of the book.
©Trésor de l’Entente Cordiale
Sourced from: The Golden Treasure Of The Entente Cordiale – Press Page
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The Legend
First FAQ of the hunt the Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale®!
Michel Becker, co-creator of the legendary armchair treasure hunt Sur La Trace De La Chouette d’Or (On the Trail of the Golden Owl), Vincenzo Bianca, creator of the treasure hunt board game Guardians of Legends, along with authors Stephen Clarke, and Pauline Deysson launched a new armchair treasure hunt entitled The Golden Treasure of The Entente Cordiale on April 8th, 2021.
The treasure hunt offers up a real historic treasure: a Golden Casket, made by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths of London in 1903 and is valued at over 650,000 pounds! The prize will be claimed by the first person or team to solve two treasure hunts. One in the UK and one in France.
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The Treasure
When all the clues are solved, the geode halves found, and the key assembled the crystal case can be unlocked and the winner of the treasure hunt awarded with The Golden Treasure Of The Entente Cordiale – a golden casket given to France by Britain at the signing of the Entente Cordiale by Edward VII and French President Émile Loubet forging an alliance between the two countries on April 8th 1904.
The casket which was created by the jewelers of the Crown, the prestigious Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, is decorated with a golden sculpture of an allegorical figure crowning France and Britain with laurels. Contained within the gold casket is a roll of parchment celebrating the Anglo-French alliance with its inscription. Written on the 7th July 1903. Around the caskets edge are porcelain decorations depicting the Royal Opera House, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, and Westminster. The golden casket has been valued at over £650,000!
The Golden Treasure Of The Entente Cordiale.
The Golden Casket Treasure
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The Clues
The two halves of the geode and the key that will open the crystal case holding the Golden Casket.
In order to win the golden casket worth over £650,000 you’ll first need to locate both halves of a geode. One half is buries somewhere in France and the other half in the United Kingdom. In order to find the geode half in the UK you’ll need to solve the 9 clues in the English version of The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale® book.
For the French half of the geode, you’ll need to solve the 9 clues in the French version of Le Trésor de l’Entente Cordiale®. In addition to the books you’ll need the UK and French maps. All of these can be purchased from the official Editions La Chouette D’or store.
Both halves of the geode are required to construct a key which unlocks the crystal cabinet containing the golden casket.
The story ‘The Tale of the Edrei’, written by Pauline Deysson (Author of ‘The Library’ series of novels) is accompanied by 9 clues, each consisting of an illustration by Michel Becker (co-creator of ‘On The Trail Of The Golden Owl’ treasure hunt) and a cryptic poem by Vincenzo Bianca (creator of the ‘Guardians of Legends’ board game and treasure hunt). Each poem is missing some text which needs to be filled in by cracking the hidden code in the illustrations.
Teaser of a clue posted on social media March 17th 2021.
Clues Of The Treasure Hunt
The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale contains 9 puzzles created by Vincenzo
Bianca. Each puzzle is made up of an illustration by Michel Becker and of a secret text
hidden in the accompanying story, The Tale of the Edrei, written by Pauline Deysson. Each
puzzle is written as a poem which has some parts of its text missing. To find the missing
text, the player needs to crack the hidden code in the accompanying illustration.
Once the player has successfully solved all 9 puzzles, he or she will have to use the Treasure Map and the Adventurer’s Notebook (which will be available from the website of the treasure hunt as soon as it is launched) to find the exact spot where the geode crystals are located.
Each geode is hidden in a chest along with documentation clearly stating that it is one of the geodes of the Entente Cordiale treasure hunt. One piece of geode is hidden in the UK and the other in France. The two pieces of geode need to be put together to open the crystal cabinet containing the golden casket. You could say it requires a new Entente Cordiale!
Sourced from: The Golden Treasure Of The Entente Cordiale – Press Kit
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Conclusion
Puzzle Teaser Posted To Facebook on April 7th 2021.
Due to the rules of The Golden Treasure Of The Entente Cordiale treasure hunt solutions to puzzles can’t be revealed. However, some useful links have been provided below to help you on your hunt for the Golden Casket.
Rules Of The Game
Sourced from: The Golden Treasure Of The Entente Cordiale – Rules
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