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17, 8-inch cross Pope .....
17, 8-inch cross Pope ... of yellow 18-carat gold, is called the pectoral cross, because of the rather large size it is worn on the chest on the heavy chain or a cord ... The front part is decorated with Colombian emeralds and more than 60 carats of white diamonds classic round diamonds weighing from 3 to 8, 66 carats.
The declared cost of the cross - 1, 25 million dollars.
On the cross, the Christian symbol engraved chrism - the monogram of Christ's name in the first two Greek letters of his name. Have chrism says that ornaments were made by jewelers of the Vatican at the beginning of the XX century with precious stones from the Vatican collection. Presumably jewelry belonged to Pope Pius XII when he was a cardinal in order, and then went to Pope Paul VI. In 1965, the pontiff put decorations on the auction by donating all profits from the sale of fund humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.
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In the collection of Queen Elizabeth II, there are over 300 of jewelery.