Category:Queen Margherita's Pink Diamond Stomacher

 In 1868, Queen Margherita ordered this striking Diamond Stomacher in the shape of an elaborate bow, which was set with 768 diamonds, the largest of which was a spectacular Pink Diamond. The Stomacher was bought using funds from the Italian State Treasury rather than the House of Savoy, so it became a part of the Italian Crown Jewels. The Crown Jewels then passed to Queen Elena, who became the second Italian Queen, and was only pictured in the Pink Diamond Stomacher on a handful of occasions in the first few years of King Victor Emmanuel III’s Reign, until Queen Elena gave her personal Jewels to fund the Italian War Effort when they joined the First World War in 1915.