Ornate, hand-painted certificate presented to Her Royal Highness, Beatrice Mary Victria Feodore, Princess of Battenberg, by the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Southampton, England for "kindness in censenting to open for the present year the Show of the Royal Horticultural Society of Southampton and the Exhibition of the Hants Bee Keepers Association in Westwood Park..."

Intricately painted with seals, ships and a floral border. Signed by the Mayor, Harry Coles, with an embossed seal affixed at the bottom.