--Previous Message-- : This brooch seems a little modern in design to : me eg with a central emerald. : I happened to see a Queen Alaxandra pic : wearing emeralds with bow brooches cascading : down the front of full length dress. There : were several emerald brooches pinned along : the route several small and never : identified. : --Previous Message-- : Sorry - it is not that brooch. : : --Previous Message-- : If I am seeing it correctly that small : brooch : was the Queen Mother's. I have a picture of : her wearing it in a 1920's portrait. The : Queen wore it in a picture taken during the : war at Buckingham Palace; she and Margaret : wore identical blue suits and were seated by : a fireplace. : : : : :