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Congratulations Bryce!! What an eagle eye you have!

I spent a lot of time today trying to find photos of this visit of QEII to the various ships in Valletta Harbour in December 1949 -- without success. The only photo I found in the newspapers showed QEII on a launch, the camera angle showing her semi-side on so that her brooch could not be seen.

The idea that the Vanguard Rose was set en tremblant was so new to me that, I wondered if the brooch wasn't the one I call the gold rose foliate brooch.

That is this brooch

Here worn by QEII in Canberra in 2011


That brooch was definitely set en tremblant, as can be seen from a detail of a photo when HM wore it in Malta in 1967.



Detail



Yet, the brooch QEII wore while visiting the ships in Malta in 1949, as seen in the video Bryce gave us the link to, does seem to be the Vanguard Rose brooch.

Below are some screen grabs which I have taken. I think that the brooch does resemble the Vanguard Rose, even though the images are not clear.

For those who are not familiar with the Vanguard Rose brooch, here is an image.

Vanguard Rose brooch



QEII wearing it in 1951


Detail from 1951 photo


Some screen shots from the 1949 Pathe video




This shows clearly what Bryce was referring to.


Again congratulations Bryce! What an important find! Thank you for sharing it with us.