| This iron crown was the first crown ever used
at an SCA event as the symbol of the King. It was designed by
Fulk de Wyvern and created by Henrik of Havn. Henrik says this
about the crown: "... it is my personal crown and no other person has worn it
at court except Fulk who wore it before I was crowned with
it at the March 1967 Tourney. Yes, they [The "Ancient and Honorables"]
were the first Kingdom owned crowns, but I continued to
be crowned exclusively with my own Crown during succeeding reigns. The procedure
was, I would approach the King, he would remove the copper
Crown from his head and place it on a cushion or some
such held by an appropriate person – Kingdom Herald usually
and then my crown bearer would proffer my crown on a cushion
and the departing monarch would pick up my crown and crown
me.” -- Henrik of Havn, from the Annotated History of the West
Photo and Contribution by Steven MacEanruig |
