Items9The creator’s order
  1. 1Florence NightingaleFlorence NightingaleBorn May 12, 1820The brooch Queen Victoria gave her for her Crimean War work, 1855 Prince Albert designed it and Garrard made it: a St George's cross in red enamel on a white ground, ringed by a black band inscribed "Blessed are the merciful". Victoria's covering letter said its form and emblems commemorated…0
  2. 2Holloway broochHolloway broochSylvia Pankhurst designed this badge for members of the Women's Social and Political Union who had been to prison for the cause, and the first were presented at a mass meeting in the Albert Hall on April 29, 1909. Its silver portcullis, gate and hanging chains are the emblem of the House of…0
  3. 3Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine AlbrightBorn May 15, 1937The serpent pin, worn to meet Iraqi officials in the 1990s As US ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright criticized Saddam Hussein's government, and his poet-in-residence replied by calling her an "unparalleled serpent". Shortly afterwards, preparing to meet Iraqi officials, she wore…0
  4. 4Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine AlbrightBorn May 15, 1937The bug pin, worn to meet Russia's foreign minister in December 1999 That month a Russian embassy employee was arrested on a bench outside the State Department, caught collecting signals from a listening device planted in a conference room inside the building. A few days later Albright met Foreign…0
  5. 5Elizabeth IIElizabeth IIBorn Apr 21, 1926The Newgrange brooch, worn at a Dublin concert during the 2011 state visit Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland in May 2011 was the first by a British monarch in more than a century, and the first since Ireland became a republic. For an evening concert in Dublin she wore a silver brooch…0
  6. 6Elizabeth IIElizabeth IIBorn Apr 21, 1926Three brooches for Donald Trump's visit, July 2018 During the president's stay the Queen wore the American State Visit Brooch, a 2011 gift from Barack and Michelle Obama; the Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake brooch, a gift from the people of Canada, a country Trump had derided; and the Queen Mother's…0
  7. 7Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of RichmondBrenda Hale, Baroness Hale of RichmondBorn Jan 31, 1945The spider brooch, worn to deliver the prorogation judgment on September 24, 2019 As president of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale read out the unanimous ruling that Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament had been unlawful while wearing a large spider brooch. Within hours the internet had decided…0
  8. 8Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiBorn Mar 26, 1940The mace brooch, worn for the impeachment vote on December 18, 2019 Nancy Pelosi presided over the House vote on Donald Trump's first impeachment dressed in black, with a large gold brooch modeled on the Mace of the House of Representatives: an eagle on a silver globe above 13 bundled rods for the…0
  9. 9Queen CamillaQueen CamillaBorn Jul 17, 1947The Diamond Maple Leaf brooch, worn on arrival in Canada on May 26, 2025 King George VI bought this Asprey brooch for his wife ahead of their 1939 Canadian tour, and she first wore it crossing the Atlantic that May. She lent it to Princess Elizabeth for a 1951 visit to Canada, and as Elizabeth II…0