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  • Medieval crucifix found in Austrian rubbish skip

    08/16/2007 3:07:08 PM PDT · by txroadkill · 26 replies · 1,196+ views
    Reuters via Yahoooooo ^ | 08/16/07 | Staff
    An 800-year-old, gold-plated crucifix that went missing after being seized by the Nazis has been found in a rubbish skip in Austria, police said. The crucifix, made of copper and enamel, was crafted in Limoges, France, and was part of a Polish art collection brought to Austria during Nazi rule, Josef Holzberger, police spokesman in Salzburg, said on Thursday. It was found in 2004 in the lakeside winter resort of Zell am See by a woman combing through a skip filled with the discarded possessions of a neighbor who had just died. "The lady had a soft spot for old...