A green silk parasol secretly lined with mail-armour made for Queen Victoria's protection against assassination. The parasol consists of an iron pole with carved ivory handle and finial and a green silk canopy decorated with zig-zag design and the edges fringed with tassels. Two layers of silk conceal a lining of mail-armour, which is likely to be constructed of panels attaching to the collapsible frame mechanism of the parasol.The spring catch which locks the parasol in the open position is broken and the silk is fragile and split in some places allowing the mail-armour lining to be seen. The mail is constructed of very small iron-alloy (steel?) split rings and solid rings of four to one pattern.