Queen's Scarf
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Queen's Scarf
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The Queen's Scarf was awarded to British and colonial soldiers for bravery during the Second Boer War (1899–1902). Eight scarves were personally crocheted by Queen Victoria, with assistance from Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall, and presented to soldiers. Each was approximately 152 centimetres long, 23 centimetres wide, made of khaki-coloured Berlin wool, and bore the Queen's royal cypher, VRI, at one end. The Earl Roberts wrote on 1 March 1902 that "his Lordship desires to place on record tha
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2022-08-08T00:36:04Z
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