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In contrast with the lavish, heavily be Jewel led crowns of other Monarch ies (e.g. British, Russian), the Prussian crown jewels were sometimes described as "rather plain".

The Regalia includes the
  • the imperial(?) Crown Of Wilhelm II ( 1889 ), or ''Hohenzollern crown'', is the only piece dating from the imperial period.


In the absence of further state regalia for the German Empire ( 1871 - 1918 ), the older royal Prussian Crown Jewels were sometimes also regarded as German Crown Jewels :

Both Germany and Prussia became Republic s in 1918 .

Most of the Prussian regalia are on public display in the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin . The Crown of Wilhelm II, in his role as King of Prussia, is in the Schloss Hohenzollern in Germany.