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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 Abdicate d 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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