Queen's Crown

[2] Since that time it served as the main insignium of the Polish Queens till the end of the 17th century.

The crown was stolen from the Wawel Castle by the Prussian troops in 1794 and found its place in the collections of the Hohenzollerns in Berlin.

[2] It was made of pure gold in the form of the rims covered with the globe and a cross on their intersection.

The 18th century surveys of the Wawel Royal Treasury indicate that it was decorated with 40 rubies, 40 sapphires and 63 pearls.

[2] In the 18th century the crown was depicted in the portrait of Saint King Jadwiga of Poland by Marcello Bacciarelli, painted to embellish the Marble Room at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.