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In 1937 Princess Juliana received a huge platinum and diamond bracelet
from the peoples of the Dutch East Indies for her marriage to prince Bernhard of
Lippe-Biesterfeld. The bracelet was designed and made by Jeweller Bouman
in The Hague. The broad diamond bracelet, containing 1.700
brilliant cut South African diamonds 34 of which were larger ones, shows the crest of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands sided by two Garuda or mythical birds.
The outer motifs on the rim were taken from the Buddhist monument of
Borobodur on Java.
The bracelet came in a box made of a special gold alloy named Suasa which is highly regarded in the East Indies. Queen Juliana wore the bracelet quite often until the early 1970's. It is said that this historical bracelet has been broken up in the 1990's to make smaller diamond bracelets (1 +2) and three brooches (two Garuda's and one Crest of the Netherlands), although the latter have never been seen as such. |
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| The Bracelet | Detail: Garuda | Detail: Crest | |
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| HRH Princess Juliana | HRH Princess Juliana | Close-Up | |
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| HM Queen Juliana | HM Queen Juliana | HM Queen Juliana | |
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| HM Queen Juliana | Close-Up | HM Queen Juliana | |
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| HM Queen Juliana | HM Queen Juliana | HM Queen Juliana | |
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| HRH Princess Maxima 1. | HRH Princess Maxima 1. | Close-Up 1. | |
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| HM Queen Beatrix 1. | Close-Up 1. | HRH Princess Maxima 1. | |
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| HM Queen Beatrix 1. | Close-Up 1. | ||
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| HRH Princess Maxima 2. | Close-Up 2. | ||