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History buff makes ‘once in a decade’ find with Battle of Grunwald sword discovery

Found near the north-eastern town of Olsztyn, in their day the 600-year-old artefacts would have been valuable items, equivalent to the price of a family car today. Archiwum Urzędu Marszałkowskiego w Olsztynie

After making his find near the north-eastern town of Olsztyn, treasure hunter Aleksander Miedwiedew said that the sword, scabbard, belt and two knives were in ‘an extremely good state’, adding that in their day the artefacts would have been valuable items, equivalent to the price of a family car today.

600-year-old axe heads used in hand-to-hand fighting in Battle of Grunwald found in field

According to Dr. Szymon Dreja, director of the Museum of the Battle of Grunwald, the discovery of the battle axes at the site of the battle in northern Poland are an archaeological sensation, and there is little doubt that the axes come from what many historians say was the largest battle of the middle ages in Europe. 

No foaling around! Horseback queen Anna Sokólska wins first official Polish mounted archery comp

Described as the “best woman horseback archer in the world,” the Białystok blonde finished the three day event with a whopping 294.27 points, despite a poor start, with runner up Wojtek Osiecki scoring 280.62.

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