Imperial Crown of Austria
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The Imperial Crown of Austria is a crown formerly in use by the monarchs of the Habsburg monarchy. The crown was originally made in 1602 in Prague by Jan Vermeyen as the personal crown of Holy Roman E
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Coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in Regensburg
Ride onto the coronation hill in Pressburg (Bratislava)
Coronation procession through Prague
Imperial crown of Russia
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The Imperial crown of Russia, also known as the Great Imperial Crown of Russian Empire, was used for the coronation of the monarchs of Russia from 1762 until the Russian monarchy's abolition in 1917.
Imperial Crown of Austria
…century Baroque form of mitral crown of Leopold I the peaks of the mitre have been rounded into the hemispherical form Peter the Great would adopt as the Imperial Crown of Russia when he took the title emperor as Russian sovereign. Although it is often assumed that the Imperial Crown made for Otto I with its single arch over its…
Modern replica using real gems and white gold
Russian regalia used prior to the creation of the great imperial crown
1896 image of the crown (at bottom)
Postcard with the crown, c. 1924