Rings from the Great War

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Inside this issue

1. 16 · How our crown came into being
2. 22 · The secret of one icon
3. 36 · Interesting places still exist

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

Dear readers, the first issue of this year’s Detektor revue (labelled No. 1/2019) is currently leaving the printers and making its way to your letterboxes. As always, we’ll give you a sneak peek at it in advance.

In the opening ‘Artefact of the Month’ section, a roof tile recalls the Austro-Hungarian ‘submarine’ relief campaign. ‘A Ring in Commemoration of the World War’ is the title of an article by historian Petr Bjaček, in which he sheds light on the history of so-called ‘trench rings’, patriotic rings and other war rings, based on surviving diaries, memoirs and correspondence from soldiers of the Great War. In this issue, we bring you the eagerly awaited results of the 10th anniversary edition of the Authors’ Competition for prizes and announce the eleventh edition. A treasure that made its way into a fairy tale – that is how Stač described his story of discovering a medieval coin hoard, which came into view during a family Christmas walk.

To mark the centenary of the Czechoslovak koruna, Pavel Moravec traced its origins in the article ‘How the Czechoslovak koruna came into being’.

‘The Secret of One Icon’ – that is what Kasander called a forgotten story from the very end of the Second World War. ‘A Sword for Hungarian Firefighters’ is the title of another article by our Slovak contributor PetkoZberatel, in which he presents unique items from his exceptional collection of bladed weapons. ‘How many search coils do you use?’ is the question we asked treasure hunters in your favourite poll. In the regular column ‘Archaeological Snippets’, you’ll discover the oldest animal on Earth, learn that scarabs were also mummified in ancient Egypt, ponder the claim that the mystery of the statues on Easter Island has now been solved, and be slightly unnerved by the Mexican Temple of the God of Fertility, which recently revealed a terrifying secret. ‘New Year’s Celt’ is the title of an article about Honza’s best find of last year, which he came across first thing on New Year’s Day.

A treasure hunter recalls the early days of metal-detecting in the Czech Republic in the 1990s and later in the eighth instalment of a series of interviews with Kasander

N/A. This one is optimistically titled ‘Interesting Places Still Exist’. Those interested in military technology will not be disappointed this time either – a study by the military technology historian Jan Škarka focuses this time on another outstanding weapon from Škoda in Plzeň – the dual-purpose Z-series cannon – the first tank-hunter project. ‘It’s in there somewhere!’ is the title of a mysterious short story by Karel Velkoborský, set in the Šumava Mountains at the very end of the war.

Ivo Tomáš, a collector and expert, answers your questions about button finds in the regular column ‘The Button Collector’s Advice Corner’. In the ‘Advice’ section, we’ll shed some light on the history of the ‘trench lamp’ based on a single attic find.