THE ARMOURED BURGHERS OF TORGAU. —At every Pentecost the burghers of Torgau, a village in Germany, dress in suits of armour Which were captured in a feud many years ago, and hold a tourney near the village. The whole village turns out to watch this revival of mediaeval pageantry. jg,, courtesy of the German Railways Bureau
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Evening Star, Issue 21718, 12 May 1934, Page 7
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56THE ARMOURED BURGHERS OF TORGAU.—At every Pentecost the burghers of Torgau, a village in Germany, dress in suits of armour Which were captured in a feud many years ago, and hold a tourney near the village. The whole village turns out to watch this revival of mediaeval pageantry. jg,, courtesy of the German Railways Bureau Evening Star, Issue 21718, 12 May 1934, Page 7
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