Memorial Objects Collection

The Memorial Collection comprises the objects belonged to or related to certain individuals of more or less importance for Serbian history, which would be otherwise considered as a part of the Applied Arts Collection. Among other objects, the collection includes the jewelry created for the Obrenovic family by the Viennese goldsmith Swoboda, at the end of the Prince Milos’ first rule in 1839.

Royal insignia of Peter I Karadjordjevic

The most valuable objects in the Museum’s possession are within the collection: Karadjordje and Milos’ personal objects, royal Serbian insignia, which for the coronation of King Peter I was made by the Falise brothers in Paris (crown, sceptre, orb and buckle for cape), and by Ernst Krikel&Schweiger from Vienna (cape, according to sketches of Mihajlo Valtrovic).

Bracelet from the Obrenovics’ inheritance

Apart from the objects belonged to the members of both Serbian dynasties (Obrenovics and Karadjordjevics), other objects worth of attention are those belonged to prominent Serbian individuals or families, as were the Patriarche Rajacic, Jovan Zujovic and Dusan Nedeljkovic. Although the most precious parts of the collection were taken from the National Museum, i.e. the Museum of the First Serbian Uprising, the major part was acquired after 1963, when the Historical Museum was established.

King Alexander Obrenovic’s Evangel

Pocket watch from the Obrenovics’ inheritance

Cross of the secret society “Union or Death”, better known as the “Black Hand”