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600-year-old axe heads used in hand-to-hand fighting in Battle of Grunwald found in field
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| August 31, 2020
| Stuart Dowell
Posted on 08/31/2020 6:41:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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08/31/2020 6:41:56 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks txnativegop.
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08/31/2020 6:43:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Old Battle Axes? Hillary and pelosi were there?
Must have been very painful injuries with these weapons.
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08/31/2020 6:46:10 PM PDT
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dp0622
(I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
To: SunkenCiv
The photo of the battle axe heads found (in the link) look just like tomahawk heads used in the 1750s French & Indian War and the American Revolution in the 1770s & ‘80s.
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posted on
08/31/2020 6:46:53 PM PDT
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Inyo-Mono
To: SunkenCiv
Very cool! Thanks for posting that!
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posted on
08/31/2020 6:49:07 PM PDT
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rlmorel
("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
To: dp0622
Good think I had swallowed my adult beverage before I read your reply! Lol
To: dp0622
It wasn’t just the injuries, it was the infections that followed. Nasty, purulent, horrifying plagues that result from contact with those disgusting creatures...
To: Inyo-Mono
For sale: the axe George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree. Handle replaced in 1752, head replaced in 1761. Certified authentic.
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08/31/2020 6:59:31 PM PDT
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(This space vacant until further notice in compliance with social distancing 'guidelines')
To: Inyo-Mono
The head is just like the one I use for Mountain Men meetings and competitions. Amazing.
To: SunkenCiv
A picture is worth a thousand words...
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posted on
08/31/2020 7:01:03 PM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: SunkenCiv
Definitely on my To Do List my next trip to Poland.
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08/31/2020 7:01:40 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: vetvetdoug
Do you shoot flintlocks like I do?
To: SunkenCiv
Fascinating! The sheer number of battles and changes of territory and land in Europe as well as all the marriages between allied and opposing lands is just staggering. I marvel at people who can keep all of it straight.
The southern Baltic coastline was an amazingly wealthy area at the time due to the huge volume of sea trade. From Wiki:
The defeat of the Teutonic Knights was resounding. According to Teutonic payroll records, only 1,427 men reported back to Marienburg to claim their pay. Of 1,200 men sent from Danzig, only 300 returned. Between 203 and 211 brothers of the Order were killed, out of 270 that participated in battle, including much of the Teutonic leadership.
I might have a personal connection, too. My grandmother's family is from Danzig and Marienburg and I've traced them back to the late 1700s. I wonder if any of them were involved in the battle 370 years earlier.
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08/31/2020 7:15:18 PM PDT
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ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
To: Billthedrill
Disgusting creatures? hillary and pelosi or the infected warriors?
I did not even think of the infections.
I do not know enough about medicine at the time to know if they understood gangrene and the need to amputate.
And yes, the infections would have spread like wildfire.
Wow
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08/31/2020 7:24:26 PM PDT
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dp0622
(I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
There was also the Hanseatic League, which was a cooperative venture organized by northern German city-states, persisting for about 400 years, ending for all practical purposes due to the Thirty Years' War.
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08/31/2020 7:32:57 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: rlmorel
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posted on
08/31/2020 7:43:42 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
How do they know these were actually used in hand to hand fighting? Do they have an eye witness?
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posted on
08/31/2020 7:50:47 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
To: Inyo-Mono
To: Inyo-Mono
battle axe heads found (in the link) look just like tomahawk heads used in the 1750s French & Indian War and the American Revolution in the 1770s & 80s. Form follows function and they shared a common function.
To: SunkenCiv
The history of the Hanseatic League is quite fascinating. I was reading it recently as part of my genealogy research. My great grandparents gave my grandparents a wedding present in 1920 -- an original oil painting of the Krantor in Danzig. It dates back to the Hanseatic trading in Danzig.
The oldest documented mention of Krantor (Zuraw) as a wooden port crane was in 1367. What you see today, however, was reconstructed in the middle of the 15th century after a devastating fire devoured the original structure. The large crane was used to place masts on ships and to load cargo.
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posted on
08/31/2020 8:15:45 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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