Coronation sword of Polish kings, one of the most valuable monuments of armadillo art in Poland. The only preserved coronation insignia of the Piast dynasty. Szczerbiec was put on the altar of confession before coming to the cathedral with the retinue with the king. He was then girded to Polish kings during the coronation.

Szczerbiec was probably founded in Poland at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. It was first used in 1320 during the coronation of Władysław Łokietek. In 1795 Szczerbiec was looted from the Crown Treasury in Wawel by Prussians. In 1884 he was bought out of the collection of the Russian ambassador in Paris and went to the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. He returned to Poland, to Wawel, in 1928, under the Riga Treaty. In the face of the outbreak of World War II, Szczerbiec along with other most valuable monuments in 1939 was taken to Canada. In 1959 he returned to Wawel. Szczerbiec is currently kept at the Wawel State Art Collections. This sword has a chip in its blade, a scratch for placing the relics in it, as was practiced in medieval customs. In the following centuries a triangular shield with the Piast coat of arms was placed in the dent. There is no vagina, which according to historical sources was no less a masterpiece. The only remnant of her is the silver shield with the eagle.