Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 353 Ring
There were some metal parts on the beams of those old rooms to fix the wood, but what Liang En was detecting was a section in the middle of the beams, theoretically there would be no metal parts.

Realizing that they might have found something extraordinary, the three of Liang En immediately used the boxes and furniture in the attic to make up a small third-floor platform, and then Joan, the lightest of the three, climbed up with the pile of things. go up.

"There's something up there." Just as she climbed up to be at the same level as the beam, Joan of Arc realized something was wrong at first sight and shouted. "There are traces of interlayer on the beam, give me a tool to open this thing."

Judging from the photos taken by the mobile phone, it is a groove dug out on the beam of the house, and it is covered with a rectangular piece of wood the size of a palm and the same size as the groove.

To be honest, this kind of hiding method is very hidden, and this location is located in the blind spot of human vision, so it is really difficult to find the piece of wood after it is tightly covered.

It's just that after a long time, both the wood and the beams have been slightly deformed, causing a gap in the place where the two things were originally combined, so when Joan went to search for it, he saw the problem at a glance.

After Liang En handed over the tools, Joan quickly used these tools to pry open the interlayer, and then took out a palm-sized small bag that was coated with a layer of wax and wrapped in newspaper.

Soon, several people came to a box on the second floor, and then Liang En sat on the edge of a chair by the window and used the sunlight to slowly remove the wax from the outside of the paper bag, and then carefully opened the paper bag.

In an instant, seven or eight rings and two or three other jewelry fell out of the paper bag, but Liang En didn't care about those jewelry, but focused on the paper.

It was a piece of yellowed paper, with dense German written in blackened blue ink on it, and the content talked about the resistance organization in the Prague area becoming active, and riots may occur at any time.

"May 1945, 5—" Liang En frowned slightly looking at the time when the final signature was signed, because this time point is very important in the history of Prague.

根据历史记载，1945年5月1—5日期间捷克斯洛伐克各地爆发了人民起义。5月5日晨，布拉格也爆发了人民起义，而德军统帅部调遣“中央”集团军群重兵镇压布拉格的起义。

In this case, the insurgents began to seek help from the Allied and Soviet forces and quickly received a response. On May 5, the Soviet Ukraine's first, second, fourth, and three fronts launched the Battle of Prague.

Because the German army in this period was at the end of its strength, during the battle from May 5th to 6th, the German "Central" Army Group was quickly defeated and completely annihilated, and the Soviet Union liberated a large area of ​​land including Prague.

This war was also the last battle in the Soviet-German War. Just five days before the outbreak of this battle, Mustache committed suicide in the Berlin bunker, and the Reichstag in Berlin was also captured by the Soviet army.

Judging from the information on the wrapping paper, it can be seen that the note and the contents inside should have been left behind by the local Gestapo after they learned that the defeat was certain, probably to hide some inconvenient things to carry. .

"We did find something good this time." Just as Liang En had just analyzed the information contained in the contents on the paper, Fan Meng, who was looking at the rings beside him, also made a big discovery.

Liang En turned his head and saw that Fan Meng was holding a silver ring without any gemstones in his hand. The outside of the ring was densely carved with reliefs, and the inside was carved with words.

After careful observation, Liang En found that the front of the ring had a pattern of skull and crossed thigh bones, and the sides were the swastika emblem, a rune sieg outside a triangular frame, the rune Hagal and a skull in a hexagonal frame. Runes Heilszeichen inside the circular frame opposite the head.

Apart from these runes, all the voids on the outside of the ring are filled with reliefs of oak branches and leaves, while 21.6.44 H. Himmler and a name are engraved in italics on the inner ring.

"Spicy and crisp guard ring!" At this time, Liang En also recognized what this silver ring, which seemed inconspicuous at first glance, was. From various angles, this seemingly inconspicuous silver ring was Rings are a good thing.

This ring is regarded as an extremely precious kind of German cultural relics of World War II, because according to the regulations, every World War II German soldier who received a rank army ring will be taken back after resignation, demotion or death in battle, even if their family members are No right to inherit.

These recovered rings will be sent to the Sanctuary in the cave near the guard Vills Castle. According to records, by January 1945, 1, about 1% of the rings were returned to the Sanctuary of the Skull Ring Winners , 65% are still being worn by their recipients, and 26% are lost on the battlefield by their owners.

Also in the spring of 1945, with the defeat of the German army, Himmler ordered the use of explosives to seal the sanctuary in the cave near Viviers Castle to prevent it from being captured by the Allies.This site has not yet been discovered.

As a result, an optimistic estimate of the number of such rings in existence is between 6000 and 7000, but in fact most people think that the stock of this kind of thing is at most half of this optimistic estimate.

So now there is almost no such thing as someone selling it on the market, and the price is naturally not cheap. Liang En has seen a ring of similar quality at an auction before, and the final transaction price was as high as 15000 pounds.

Considering that the Gestapo is a subsidiary organization of the Guards, and the Soviet army basically shot all members of the Guards on the battlefield, it is possible that this ring was left by a local Gestapo fleeing for his life.

After all, the Soviet army was close at hand and Germany was clearly on the verge of death, so when the Gestapo who was here before escaped for their lives, they naturally would not bring such things that would reveal their identities.

After Liang En confirmed the condition of the ring, he immediately got two cards, one [Detection (N)] and one [Appraisal (N)].

Obviously, the owner of this ring is not someone who left important traces in history, so the card given is only corresponding to this ring, and there is not much added value.

In the paper bag just now, except for this silver ring, the rest are all jewelry made of gold, some of which are also inlaid with precious stones.Considering that the place served as the headquarters of the Gestapo, the fate of the original owners of these jewelry is not very optimistic.

Soon, the three of them rubbed the words engraved on the inside of the jewelry with pencils and paper. According to Liang En's tradition, except for the guard ring, other jewelry will be handed over to the relevant local departments.

Because according to the law, after discovering the hidden spicy and crispy loot, it must be handed over to the relevant local department without compensation, otherwise it is a serious crime.

If these plundered items were cultural relics from China, Liang En might take the risk and find a way to send these items back to China, but it is obviously not worth taking such a risk for some jewelry.

However, after they finished rubbing all the texts, Liang En focused his attention on one of the gold lockets inlaid with precious stones, because the following words were engraved on the corner of this locket: Alphonse Maria Mucha.

(End of this chapter)