The only surviving original piece of the Polish Crown Jewels from the time of the Piast dynasty is the ceremonial sword - Szczerbiec. It is currently on display along with other preserved royal items in the Wawel Royal Castle Museum, 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 jewels used by the Saxon kings and some reminders of the Polish monarchs (like a cup of Queen Jadwiga so-called roztruchan, or magnificent scale armour, so-called karacena, of King Jan III Sobieski appropriated by Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony) are today displayed in the Grünes Gewölbe and the Rüstkammer in Dresden, Germany.
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