 Crime scene at the window used for entry | |
| Date | 25 November 2019 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
On 25 November 2019, royal jewellery was stolen from the Green Vault museum within Dresden Castle in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. The stolen items included 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]
In 2022, thirty-one of the stolen items were recovered by the German authorities in Berlin, reportedly after talks with the lawyers of six men on trial for the theft.[5]
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- ^ Chacon, Ivana Kottasová. "Inside the $128 million heist that shocked the world -- and the police chase that followed". CNN. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Dresden Green Vault robbery jewels recovered after heist". BBC News. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.