You are right to emphasise WORN which I also emphasised. Of course we are relying only on photos we have seen.
I was the person who suggested that Queen Mary might have altered her gift from 10 to 14 diamonds.
--Previous Message-- : Maybe this will help clarify the issue... : : It would appear that there were (maybe are) : 2 10-dia bar brooches - one for QV and one : gifted to QM. : : There is plenty of evidence that QV's 10-Dia : brooch was used by QV, QA and QEQM. : [Granted this is from photographic evidence : and accounts - without inspecting each : wearing we cannot be 100% sure] : : We have no photographic proof however that : the 10-dia brooch of QM has ever been WORN. : : I think that there was some speculation in : the previous thread that the 10-dia gift may : have been altered to create the 14-dia bar : used by QM (and subsequently by QEII). : :