Austrian Archducal Crown, 1938 (colour litho)

Made for Maximilian III (1558-1618) Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and Archduke of Austria and deposited by him at the Monastery of Klosterneuberg, where it remains today; used exclusively by Habsburg Archdukes and last used in 1835 when it was brought to Vienna for the ceremony of homage to the new Emperor of Austria, Ferdinand I; also known as the Archducal hat or Erzherzogshut; set with sapphires, rubies and pearls; from a series of illustrations of famous royal crowns published by the cigarette manufacturer, Godfrey Phillips, to coincide with the public interest in royalty and regalia after the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937;