Sparkler a posted we have not seen for ages wrote to The Return Soldiers etc in Aust and had confirmation that this opal brooch was their wedding gift to The Queen. Wedding gift no. 1789 described as spray of flowering gums - black opals - in box of blackwood bearing gold badge of League Oct 2008.
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