Burse for the State Seal, front of a rectangular burse. Dark red velvet with applied motifs of canvas, partly covered with red and blue satin, and embroidered with silver and silver-gilt purl, wire, strip and thread, and with some coloured silk thread, spangles and black beads. Laid and couched work over padding. Additional details in couched metal thread, spangles and purl worked directly onto the velvet ground. Within a narrow border containing stylised flower heads linked by curving leaves, a royal shield of arms for England with the initials 'E R' (Elizabeth Regina) below and a stylised Tudor rose between the two letters. Shield of arms quarterly for France, 1st and 4th azure, 3 fleurs-de-lys or 2nd and 3rd gules, 3 lions passant-gardent or (for England) supported by a lion and a wyvern. Above is a large crown.