Posted by Beth on August 27, 2015, 7:21 am, in reply to "Rectangular clips"
Fascinating! Thank you Mauriz. As ever your analysis and diagrams provide a great deal of clarity.
As for the large central diamond - I too was surprised to see that. I never really knew where Queen Alexandra had her Cullinan diamond on her Regal tiara, although we know from Roberts that it was removed when the jewel went to Queen Maud. For some reason I always thought the Cullinan was mounted on the band. Perhaps Queen Alexandra also had a large diamond on the front cross - it is almost impossible to see details from the photos in the British Royal Collection site.