St. Edward's Staff is four feet seven inches and a half, and it may be described as a rod of gold divided at intervals with collars of ornamental leaf patterns.
At the top is a mound and cross patée, and tradition says that formerly a piece of the true cross was enclosed within the mound. The staff is supposed to guide the footsteps of the King, and to further this purpose is tipped with a steel pike 4 ¼ inches long.
