This has become one of the most familiar of Queen Elizabeth's tiaras as it appears on banknotes and coins. The tiara was given as a present to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck from the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' for her wedding to the Duke of York, later King George V, in 1893, and was supplied by R & S Garrard & Co. The tiara is of scrolled and pierced foliate form, with the diamonds pave-set in silver and gold. The tiara could also be worn as a necklace o...