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    Re: QEII brooch in shape of an eagle Archived Message

    Posted by LauraM on November 28, 2016, 8:03 pm, in reply to "Re: QEII brooch in shape of an eagle"

    Could you provide some details about these pictures such as a year, a location, an event to assist those on the board who might wish to look for them? Thanks.

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    : I have seen at least 3 other pictures of The
    : Queen wearing this eagle brooch.
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    : Wonderful to have this info Laura. Many
    : thanks.
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    : abbn
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    : On March 19, 1946, Princess Elizabeth
    : launched
    : at Harland and Wolff's Belfast shipyard the
    : "Eagle" which was then the world's
    : largest aircraft carrier. She was on a 3 day
    : visit to Belfast.
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    : After she launched the ship, she was given a
    : luncheon at Harland & Wolff's then new
    : Drawing Office with 300 guests present. She
    : was given a diamond eagle brooch by the
    : chairman of Harland & Wolff at this
    : luncheon. (Belfast News-Letter 20 Mar 1946
    : p3)
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    : Pictures in the Illustrated London News (30
    : Mar 1946) of the trip show the Princess
    : wearing it at the christening which took
    : place in the afternoon of the ship's launch
    : but also the following day on her visit to
    : City Hall.
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    : I wonder if anyone knows anything about this
    : brooch in the shape of an eagle.
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    : Worn to a christening in 1946
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    : And to a display of millinery 20 January
    : 1947.
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