The Crown Jewels, however, were stored in a secret location until 1945. In 1939, the national treasures of Great Britain were removed from the national Gallery and Hampton Court to be stored in a quarry in Wales. In particular, there is a lot of speculation surrounding Great Britain’s Crown Jewels. Safeguarding a county’s gold reserves during the war as well as securing their most precious items was a top priority. Azara’s friends helped him unhitch the car, which they then drove away. On May 5 or 6, 1945, Technical Sergeant Joe Azara of the 20th US Armored Division fought their way towards Salzburg and noticed a large car secured by wire ropes on a flat-bed railway wagon near the town of Laufen. One of these was a convertible that, on July 8, 1940, was driven from the Daimler-Benz AG factory in Stuttgart and delivered to the Reichs Chancellery car pool in Berlin. Hitler owned a number of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, many of which are now in the hands of collectors. Mercedes Benz 770 (W07) on display at the 1931 Berlin Motor Show. It is now US Army’s West Point Museum, Highland Falls, NY. While it was manufactured for 22,750 RM in 1940, the equivalent today would be about 130,000 USD. The shaft was white elephant ivory the end caps incorporated platinum in the inscription banding and it contained over 600 small diamonds. The second baton was the only Reichsmarschall baton, which he received in 1940. It is now held at the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia. The first air force baton was awarded to Göring after his promotion to Field Marshal. His Reichsmarschall uniform included a jewel-encrusted baton. For the many posts that he held, he had various uniforms designed. The Jewel-Encrusted Batonįounder of the Gestapo, Hermann Göring was known for his extravagant tastes and garish attire. However, in the 1980s it was sold to a private firearms collector for over $100,000. The weapon was supposedly discovered in Hitler’s old apartment in Munich, in late 1945. It’s estimated that the gold pistol could fetch in the region of one million dollars.