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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 September 2024. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 29 years ago (1995 ...
White Axe Co. (1836–1928), Honesdale, PA – established in 1836 by Ezekiel White, an axe factory was built in 1846 by a son, Ephraim, in Seelyville, near Honesdale. [61] Some reports list Ezekiel as producing axes and edge tools as early as 1820. Destroyed by a fire in 1894, the factory was rebuilt and operated until about 1928.
Along the once heavily timbered walls were found the remains of about twenty clay vessels, six work axes and a battle axe, which all came from the last period of the culture. There were also the cremated remains of at least six people. This is the earliest find of cremation in Scandinavia and it shows close contacts with Central Europe.
The 65th Infantry Division—nicknamed the "Battle-Axe Division"—was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War II. Its shoulder patch is a white halberd on a blue shield. The entire length of Pennsylvania Route 65 is named the 65th Infantry Division Memorial Highway in its honor.
The battle axes are also an unusual discovery, although not as rare. A total of 14 battle axes have so far been found from that era in northeast Russia, and Gnezdilov offers up the largest array ...
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the tabar battle axe was a standard weapon of the mounted warriors of Punjab, Sikh Khalsa army and what is now modern day India and Pakistan. Made entirely of metal or with a wood haft, it had a strongly curved blade and a hammer-headed poll and was often decorated with scroll work.
Axes of flint are found in both male and female burials. Battle axes are placed with males close to the head. [2] These battle axes appear to have been status symbols, and it is from them that the culture is named. About 3000 battle axes have been found, in sites distributed over all of Scandinavia, but they are sparse in Norrland and northern ...
Battleaxe was at Gibraltar on 24 March 1982, as part of Exercise "Springtrain 82", [5] [6] but when the Falklands War broke out in April that year, she, unlike sister ships Broadsword and Brilliant, did not deploy to the South Atlantic as she was suffering from problems with her propeller shafts. [7]