Re: Unknown Diamond and Pearl Diadem (Victoria) Archived Message
Posted by PJ kiser on March 13, 2015, 6:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Unknown Diamond and Pearl Diadem (Victoria)"
Thanks for providing a great photo of the page. I didn't think of British. I wonder with the diadem was a gift to her daughter Victoria and her descendants? --Previous Message-- : Here are pictures from the book (from the link : provided by PJ Kiser), without the angle of : the photoshoot: : : : : : These jewels are not British, but German. : The crown is the Prussian royal crown, made : for Kaiser William II in 1888, and still : kept today at Hohenzollern Castle (it is a : private property of the Hohenzollerns): : : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_Crown_Jewels : : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Wilhelm_II : : : : I have in my archive files an old picture of : the tiara, and it is labelled as 'Kaiserin : Augusta-Viktoria Pearl Tiara' : (Augusta-Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein was : Kaiser William II's first wife): : : : : But I admit I have not found any picture of : the Empress (nor of any other previous : Empress) wearing this tiara. I do not even : remember from where the attribution to : Kaiserin Augusta-Viktoria comes. : : :
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