A dream come true!

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Inside this issue

1. 12 · In the Sign of Steel and TNT
2. 18 · It’s as if we’d found a pharaoh’s tomb
3. 4 · The Sudeten Germans are still on the rise

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

Dear readers, the next, fourth issue of Detektor revue is currently being printed and will therefore arrive in your letterboxes shortly. As is our custom, we therefore present a brief preview. Right at the start, you can marvel at the treasure-hunting success of our colleague Kobra, which we are publishing under the apt title ‘Sudeten Germans: still on the rise’. Next is the article ‘Mrs Trubková’s Twenty-Koruna Coin’, in which Miroslav Bobek, Director of Prague Zoo, introduces us to the unique history and metal-detector survey of the air-raid shelter at Prague Zoo. Following the Advice Corner, which this time focuses on faleristics, you can be transported via our report to a former Red Army camp and join us in watching the pyrotechnicians’ all-day operation. Our colleague Dark Warrior undertook an interesting metal-detector survey in Tisá and, based on his finds, managed to trace the remains of a famous button-making workshop at this site. You can read about a group of enthusiasts who set about restoring a church and a lookout tower – and what they discovered in the process – in an interview with one of the key figures in this long-term restoration project; the article is titled ‘As if we’d found a pharaoh’s tomb’. Following the regular ‘Střípky’ column, and after a lengthy hiatus, we are continuing Bedřich Přibyl’s seminal work Soupis Československých svátostek (Catalogue of Czechoslovak Medals), which we are publishing in response to your numerous written and telephone requests. In this issue of the magazine, you can also read the sixth and final instalment of the series Marobud’s Empire, based in Boiohaem, written by Josef Procházka, including a comprehensive list of the primary sources used. It should be added that this series has been very well received by you, our readers; however, there is no need to be sad, as we will continue to see this author’s work in the pages of Detektor revue. Having read the report ‘A Dream Come True’, in which you’ll discover just what can be found whilst having a summer barbecue at a holiday cottage, I dare say you’ll be just as surprised as we were! But let’s move on. Czech Coinage in the Light of Contemporary Chronicles, is the title of a charming little numismatic piece penned by our colleague LKW Bronson, followed by a paper by Jan Škarka, an excellent researcher in the field of artillery history, who this time has focused on the 15 cm heavy howitzer model 15. The final pages – and thus the conclusion of the magazine – are taken from the first part of Václav Moravec’s short story Now I Know Why It’s Called Saskatchewan. This short story is a bit longer this time, so we’ve had to split it into two parts – but at least you know what to look forward to.