When first seen on Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, the brooch was generally believed to have been an épaulette originally. Most likely correct, but was there any further information about its provenance, or pictures of previous royal ladies wearing the piece? Another pic:
--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : and it can easily compete with Swedish : Braganca tiara of Queen Silvia : : : : Before reading your post were these exactly : my thoughts, Tamara. The Swedish Bragança : tiara and the Luxembourg Nassau diademe are : in the same "league" . : : What a wonderful picture of The Grand : Duchess! Thank you for posting it, Tamara. : : And this whopper of a brooch!!!! I have : never noticed this wonderful, amazing, : stunning piece before. It looks like an : 'epaulette' to me. There is for sure a : fellow poster who knows more about that : jewel - thank you very much in advance for : sharing knowledge . :