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  • Another distinctive candidate is the beech, with its long, spear-shaped buds sprouting out on zig-zagging dark twigs.

    Plantwatch: Flowers brave the freezing weather 2011

  • Visitors to Nürnberg are encouraged to see the spear-shaped map on permanent display in the entrance hallway of the Documents Center at the Nazi Rally Parade Grounds.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • Visitors to Nürnberg are encouraged to see the spear-shaped map on permanent display in the entrance hallway of the Documents Center at the Nazi Rally Parade Grounds.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • The spear-shaped motif may actually have been derived entirely from the popular Tyr rune employed by Himmler and the Ahnenerbe.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • Fantastic as this might be, the spear-shaped image on the Nazi map Troche showed him, the seeming congruity of the hidden vault directly under the castle chapel, and the timing of the Anschluss were evidence that this might actually be the case.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • "Not much ... but enough for an omelet!" she explained, handing me the spear-shaped tips.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • "Not much ... but enough for an omelet!" she explained, handing me the spear-shaped tips.

    vivace - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • The spear-shaped motif may actually have been derived entirely from the popular Tyr rune employed by Himmler and the Ahnenerbe.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • "Not much ... but enough for an omelet!" she explained, handing me the spear-shaped tips.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Bottom: scale model for the castle expansion showing spear-shaped design, dormitories, study and meditation rooms, library and ceremonial centers.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

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