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Decorations: Star

In Rousselet's "India, and its Native Princes," we find a description of the ex-Guicowar of Baroda. He was mounted on a superb elephant; the howdah of massive gold, covered with jewels. He wore a red velvet tunic, over which was spread a profusion of magnificent jewels. His turban was adorned with an aigrette of diamonds, amongst which blazed the Star of the South. "The royal treasury occupies several large rooms with thick walls and iron doors, guarded by numerous sentinels. It contains streams of diamonds, diadems, necklaces, costumes, and mantles, embroidered with pearls and precious stones of marvellous richness. Conspicuous among these jewels, whose value might be reckoned by hundreds of thousands, was a necklace which the rajah had recently had made, in which sparkled the famous Star of the South, the Star of Dresden, and other diamonds of remarkable size, probably the richest necklace in the world. There was a magnificent Hindoo costume. The coat, the pantaloons, and the scarf were of black silk, covered with delicate embroidery in pearls, rubies, and emeralds. The shoes, epaulettes, and turban, glittered with diamonds."