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Updated table of military buttons with numbers and letters from 1798 to 1867

Updated table of military buttons with numbers and letters from 1798 to 1867

20. 7. 2012

20 Jul 2012 Soldiers' bodies in perfectly preserved trenches

The remains of 21 German soldiers were discovered by archaeologists in perfectly preserved trenches from the First World War. Located in eastern France near the town of Carspach. They died after an explosion.

The tunnel of death from the First World War

It was not until decades after the end of the First World War that the so-called tunnel of death was found. Located near Reims, France, 275 young German soldiers were slowly dying there...

20. 4. 2008

April 20, 2008 Remains of a complete imperial family

Thirteen years ago, scientists announced that the remains of the last tsarist family, whose members had been murdered in cold blood, had been found. Experts examined the bones found in the Urals. DNA tests confirmed that they belonged to Tsarevich Alexei, the son of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. and heirs to the Russian throne, and his sister Maria.

5. 3. 2021

4.3.2010 Melting glaciers revealed the bodies of dead soldiers

The bodies of dead World War I soldiers were found in the Italian Alps. The first preserved skeleton was discovered in 2010 by the amateur historian Dino De Bernardin. Mummies reveal melting mountain glaciers.

Austro-Hungarian Navy in photographs from the collection of Jaroslav Bily

You might be interested in this, the book was put together by my friend and her colleague and I have to say that the period photos of the warships of "our army" are really nice...

3.2.2016 Medals from World War I

The medal from the First World War was found by three searchers in Wales. They discovered it while they were resting and waved a metal detector around, which gave off a strong signal.

3.1.2014 He found a war medal, gave it to his relatives

Paul Nunn made the relatives of one of the soldiers who fought in the First World War very happy. He and his wife, Kirs, used a metal detector to find a lost medal that the veteran had been awarded.

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