It was rediscovered after the war, and changed owners multiple times before it was bought in 2007 by the Kazanjian Brothers.
[4] In the mid-1920s (possibly 1927[5]), during a diamond rush in South Africa, a 35-carat piece of boart was found in Lichtenberg.
[6] Seven months were spent polishing and examining the stone, and the final 5.05-carat emerald-cut diamond was completed.
[6] After the war ended, Joseph McNarney, an American general, found the diamond and thought it was a ruby.
[6] After it was discovered that the stone was not a ruby, it was returned to the Goudvis Brothers' estate, which was in debt as a result of the war.