Victorian Royal Irish "Good Luck" Shamrock Pendant necklaces Natural Rubies

Natural Rubies

4mm - Mouse: 7

the death of his daughter Amelia is though to have strongly contributed to the King's madness

or a great addition to your charm collection

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Victorian Royal Irish "Good Luck" Shamrock Pendant necklaces Natural RubiesDATE: Victorian, 1899 This attractive late Victorian pendant was made as a good luck charm, most likely to be given to a member of the Royal Irish Regiments fighting in the Second Boer War in South Africa. The Regiments played an important role in the Battle of Slabbert's Nek (July 1900), and, after fighting in some particularly bloody battles in March 1900, Queen Victorian wrote to General Sir Redvers Buller: "'I have heard with the deepest concern