the piece is beautiul and the pin back is so cheap the heavy piece does not adhere to clothing - falls on the flloor and ground over and over and over again. The needle is too short for the clasp which itself is OPEN! How can a beautiful and very heavy piece be attached to such a piece of junk as this pin backing which is deisgned to be OPEN with no clasp and supplied a weak and bending needle that is too short to close in the clasp that is already half open by default. Beacsue I love the piece itself I can't say I hate it and I do love it. What I am doing now is to attach a safetyl pin to the bar of the weak pin back. What I hope to do later it to solder on a new and decent pin back that will hold the brooch.. I can't remve the old one but there is room for a new one. O haev reqritten by review because the piece itself is beautiful and deserves an excellent review- the color, the design, and teh shape..