Royal Presentation Diamond Set Stick Pin, the personal gift of Prince Henry

Gold 15ct, diamonds, enamel, ruby and pearl
Given by Prince Henry prior to his creation as Duke of Gloucester in 1928.

H.R.H. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974)

The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, P.C., K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.St.J., was the third son of George V and Queen Mary, and thus was uncle to Elizabeth II. He was born at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate. His godparents included Queen Victoria, the Kaiser and Lord Roberts. He attended the Eton and Sandhurst and was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps, and served afterwards with  the 10th Royal Hussars. In 1928, his father created him Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, and Baron Culloden, three titles that linked him with three parts of the United Kingdom, namely England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. On 2 November 1930 he attended the coronation of Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. In 1934, with the agreement of the Irish President, Eamon de Valera, George V (as King of Ireland) made him a Knight of St Patrick, Ireland's chivalric order. It was the second to last time this order was awarded (the last appointment being the Duke of York, later George VI, in 1936); at the time of his death in 1974 the Duke of Gloucester was the only remaining knight.