Turner’s Garden

Machine translation of the original editorial information.

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Inside this issue

1. The ‘cold spinach’ method
2. Imperial Amazons
3. Lot-type bowl weights

Historical introduction: prices, events and dates refer to the original publication.

The third issue of Detektor revue left the printers quite some time ago to make its way to its subscribers and regular readers. For those of you who haven’t received the magazine yet, here’s a little taster. ‘Lotová misková závaží’ is both the title and the subject of an interesting piece in which the author, Dark Warrior, introduces us to the small metal bowls that you occasionally find amongst your finds. In the ‘Find’ section, we present a fascinating account by our colleague Sojer detailing the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a fine collection of Turner badges; this article is followed by a highly erudite study on the Turner movement. The second instalment in the series on Austro-Hungarian coins, written by M. Kubíka presents the completion of the overview of Austrian coin issues from the previous issue and a complete list of Hungarian coin issues from the final period of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

This time, Lišák’s restoration skills have been put to work on a heavily damaged Luftwaffe ‘Ground Attack’ badge, and the result is well worth seeing. The Model 33 light tank was introduced to us on the DR website some time ago by D. P. Minár, you can now read an interview by the same author with Petr Bahenský, the intrepid builder of a replica of the vz. 33 light tank. Our colleague Zdeněk Procházka tried out the spinach method for cleaning coins and describes his first impressions and experiences in his article. We hope you won’t be the last to share your experiences of cleaning coins.

‘The Napoleonic Wars and the Czech Lands’ is an article by researchers Petr Vágner and Jiří ‘Dlouhán’ Sobotka, which loosely follows on from their previous work. I probably need not introduce Jan Škarka, a conscientious researcher in the history of artillery technology; on this occasion, he has prepared the 8 cm vz. 5/8 cannon for us. Zdeněk Šámal’s excellent report, The Forest of the Dead Army, set in the forests and marshes of the Russian hinterland, is not only intended for treasure hunters with a military interest. The story of a small piece of silver, penned by our colleague Miner, tells of the search for the bearer of a Soviet Order of Glory that was found. Our colleagues Acci and Hrom have put together a real vegetarian treat – in their superbly written and fact-packed article ‘Carrots on the Attack’, they present the famous RU Kampfmesser assault knife – Model 1917. And the best for last: Acci’s Cabinet of Forgotten Time has unearthed some real treasures, but you’ve got to see it to believe it! And I almost forgot about a post by my colleague Wood, discussing his investigation into the true extent and location of the Battle of Nýrsko.