Crown of Tonga

King Tupou VI wearing the Crown of Tonga following his coronation in 2015.

The Crown of Tonga was made in 1873 for George Tupou I at the behest of his prime minister, The Reverend Shirley Waldemar Baker.[1] The crown was fashioned by the jewellery firm of Hardy Brothers of Sydney, Australia.[2] The gold crown of Tonga is reputedly the largest and heaviest crown in the world.[3]

  1. ^ Rutherford, Noel (1996). Shirley Baker and the King of Tonga. Honolulu: University Press of Hawai'i. p. 71. ISBN 0-8248-1856-3.
  2. ^ Latukefu, Sione (1974). Church And State In Tonga. Canberra: Australian National University Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-7081-0402-9.
  3. ^ Gwen Blamires, op. cit., pp. 19-20; and Papers of Margarget Armstrong, MS 867, Auckland Institute and Museum Library.