Brooches :
In June 1838 just after her coronation, Queen Victoria received a star-shaped brooch of emeralds & diamonds from Sultan Mahmud II. In the centre of the brooch is the Sultan’s ‘tughra’ (his personal calligraphic monogram which was affixed to all official documents, correspondence, coins & seals) made of brilliant cut diamonds. It reads: ‘Mahmud Khan son of Abdülhamid is forever victorious’. members2.boardhos…