Egyptian Queen's $4.3 million diamond necklace stolen
A historic necklace with 673 diamonds that belonged to Egyptian Queen Nazli Sabri has been stolen from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. The thieves used a hammer to smash the glass case housing the exhibit and fled with the jewelry.
**Egyptian Queen Nazli Sabri's $4.3 Million Diamond Necklace Stolen from Vienna Museum**
A historic necklace adorned with 673 diamonds, which belonged to the former Queen of Egypt Nazli Sabri, has been stolen from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. The price of this precious jewel is estimated at $4.3 million.
The incident occurred on August 27, around 2:00 p.m., during the museum's opening hours. Two unknown individuals entered the museum as ordinary visitors, having purchased tickets, and were not wearing masks.
The thieves entered the hall where the French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels was exhibiting and used a hammer to break the glass display case where the exhibit was kept. It is believed that one of the criminals had a firearm, which is why the museum security guards were unable to resist them. The thieves took the expensive necklace and fled in an unknown direction. No other visitors who were in the hall at the time of the incident were harmed.
The necklace, made of platinum, is set with 673 diamonds weighing more than 200 carats. This rare work of art was specially made for Queen Nazli of Egypt in 1939. The queen planned to wear it at the wedding of her daughter to the heir to the Iranian throne and later the country's king, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Later, the queen sold this jewelry due to financial difficulties. In 2015, the jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels repurchased it for $ 4.3 million for its archive collection at Sotheby's auction in New York.
Currently, Austrian police and Interpol are conducting a large-scale operation to find the thieves.