Polish crown jewels

The only surviving original piece of the Polish crown jewels (Polish: Polskie klejnoty koronne) from the time of the Piast dynasty is the ceremonial sword Szczerbiec. It is currently on display along with other preserved royal items at the Wawel Royal Castle Museum in Kraków.

Several royal crowns were made, including several during the 16th Century, a "Hungarian Crown", a "Swedish Crown" used by the Vasa kings, and others that were subsequently lost or destroyed. The crown regalia used by the Saxon kings, and some remainders of older Polish monarchs which were appropriated by king Augustus II, also the Elector of Saxony; like a cup of Queen Jadwiga so-called roztruchan, and the magnificent scale armour, so-called karacena, of King John III Sobieski^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] are today on display in the Grünes Gewölbe and the Rüstkammer in Dresden, Germany.

^ Jan III Sobieski's Karacena Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at the Wilanów Palace Museum
^ Hanna Widacka. "Karacena Jana III Sobieskiego". www.wilanow-palac.art.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2009-02-16.
^ "Kultura artystyczna dworu królewskiego i katedry". www.krakow2000.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on November 24, 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
^ Lileyko Jerzy (1980). Vademecum Zamku Warszawskiego (Vademecum of the Royal Castle in Warsaw) (in Polish). p. 129. ISBN 83-223-1818-9.

[1] Jan III Sobieski's Karacena Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at the Wilanów Palace Museum

[2] Hanna Widacka. "Karacena Jana III Sobieskiego". www.wilanow-palac.art.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2009-02-16.

[3] "Kultura artystyczna dworu królewskiego i katedry". www.krakow2000.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on November 24, 2003. Retrieved 2009-02-16.

[4] Lileyko Jerzy (1980). Vademecum Zamku Warszawskiego (Vademecum of the Royal Castle in Warsaw) (in Polish). p. 129. ISBN 83-223-1818-9.

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