Płock Diadem
It was created in the beginning of the 13th century[1] probably in Hungary and was brought to Poland in the Middle Ages.This filigree diadem is wrought of extremely pure gold and set with sapphires, rubies, almandines and pearls.[1] In 1601 by order of King Sigismund III Vasa the diadem was placed by a goldsmith Stanisław Zemelka on reliquary of St. Sigismund (patron saint of the King, also kept in the Masovian Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral in Płock).This reliquary takes the form of a bust and it was established by King Casimir III the Great in the 14th century to comprise relics of that saint.[1] The reliquary was looted by the Germans during World War II, and later reclaimed.