In the United Kingdom, a peer only wears his or her coronet on one occasion--for a royal coronation, when it is worn along with coronation robes. The Peer places the coronet on his or her head after the Monarch is crowned. The design of a coronet shows the rank of its owner.
Let’s look at the two depicted here—the Viscount and the Baron.
A viscount or viscountess is a member of the nobility whose title ranks above a baron, and below an earl or a count. A viscount's coronet is adorned with sixteen silver balls around the rim.
The word “baron” comes from the Old French “baron,” meaning "(free) man, (free) warrior"; it has now become an equivalent for “nobleman.” A baron, or lord, in the peerage of Scotland, is entitled to a coronet trimmed with six silver balls along the rim, equally spaced and all of equal size and height.
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