Part of the photo was published on 4 May 1935 by the Illustrated London News when the paper noted it had been taken in 1930. I am not sure if I have a copy of the photo from 1930 -- I will have to look more carefully at my files. When I found the ILN image I was more interested in the appearance of the diamond sautoir and the position of the Lesser Stars of Africa in the tiara.
J-F's wonderful image allowed me to see more clearly how the diamonds were mounted in the tiara, and to interpret what changes Garrard made in 1912. I think we have all misunderstood what was done in 1912. I had intended to do 2 posts about those -- which I will post later today.
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