Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Wedding Tiara

The 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' tiara was originally purchased from Garrard, the London jeweller and given to Queen Mary as a wedding present in 1893.   In a special gift, Queen Mary then passed it down to her granddaughter, and the future Queen Elizabeth II, on her wedding day.  The tiara has been described as "a diamond festoon-and-scroll design surmounted by nine large oriental pearls on diamond spikes and set on a bandeau base of alternate round and lozenge collets between two plain bands of diamonds".