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Posted by Juscha
Tiaras of Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria Archived Message
on April 9, 2013, 4:52 pm, in reply to "Re: victoria princess royal/KAISERINE FRIEDRICH"
Dear Joye, thank you so much, I read your post in the morning and made a little jump on my chair 
, but had to busy whole day long.
It´s no offend against you 
, but I guess it´s important to be exactly in the case of the names of the german empresses. Very often they are confused with another. Kaiserin Augusta, born Princess of Sachsen-Weimar, married Prince Wilhelm, later King of Prussia, later Kaiser Wilhelm I. Their son Friedrich Wilhelm, later Kaiser Friedrich, married Princess Royal Victoria of Great Britain. Kaiserin Viktoria called herself after the death of her beloved husband Kaiserin Friedrich. The wife of her son Wilhelm (II.) was Auguste (!) Viktoria von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. She was named after the empresses Augusta and Viktoria.
So I certain you speak about Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria:
1. Diamond Tiara
There are several pictures of Auguste Viktoria with it, but I haven´t see any of good quality. These tiara might be old, I think its worn by Empress Augusta before.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Kaiser_and_the_Kaiserin,_1898.jpg
2. Clover tiara
A present from her husband, designed by himself
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01286,_Kaiserin_Auguste_Viktoria.jpg?uselang=de
It exist still in a modified form.
3. diamond pearl
I once saw a photo called prussian pearl tiara in a spanish forum, but without source or reference picture.
4. aquamarine tiara
There must have been a complete parure, once in the belonging of Queen Luise of Prussia. There are pictures of some prts in the catalogue of an exhibition. The last remaining piece, the girandole earring, are now in Paretz.
5.
6.wreath style
I´ve never heard of this one.
7.meander
Never heard of.
8. single star
dito
9. 3 prong diamond
dito
10. Beautiful emerald tiara
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augusta_Victoria_Photo-235.jpg
Ursula gives some informations about it. The bandeau of Francesca von Habsburg is doubtless a part of it.
Swallow tiara: very stupid to use this term. I´m so sorry.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AugusteViktoriaundWilhelm.jpg
There are some version of this photo of Auguste Viktoria. I always thought that the upper part include something like flying bird. Stupid, I know.
