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Dresden Green Vault burglary
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On 25 November 2019, royal jewellery was stolen from the Green Vault museum within Dresden Castle in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. The stolen items include the 49-carat Dresden White Diamond, the diamond-laden breast star of the Polish Order of the White Eagle which belonged to the King of Poland, a hat clasp with a 16-carat diamond, a diamond epaulette, and a diamond-studded hilt containing nine large and 770 smaller diamonds, along with a matching scabbard.[1] The missing items were of great cultural value to the State of Saxony and were described as priceless; other sources estimate the total value at about €1 billion.[2][3] However, in the years following the burglary, more accurate estimates place the total value of the stolen items at around €113 million.[4]
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Date | 25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) |
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Time | 04:56 a.m CET (UTC+1) |
Venue | The Green Vault, Dresden Castle |
Location | Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
Type | Jewellery burglary |
Suspects | At least two unidentified individuals |
Stolen value | €113 million |
In 2022, thirty-one of the stolen items were recovered by the German authorities.[5]