Crown of Wilhelm II

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Hohenzollern crown of Wilhelm II as King of Prussia

The Crown of Wilhelm II, also known as the Hohenzollern Crown, is the 1888 crown made for Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in his role as King of Prussia. Though not a German state crown (the German Empire had no state regalia) it was sometimes treated as such.

Design

The crown itself contains a large sapphire, supporting a diamond-studded cross, plus 142 rose-cut diamonds, 18 brilliant diamonds and 8 large pearls. It contained of eight half-arches.

After the establishment of the Republic

When Kaiser Wilhelm Il abdicated in 1918 he was permitted to retain the family jewels, which included the Hohenzollern crown. To protect it from theft and destruction, during the Second World War it was hidden in a wall in the crypt of a church. After the war it was returned to the Hohenzollern family.

It is now kept at the family residence of the Schloss Hohenzollern.

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