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Wedding ring lost on Dutch farm during WWII, found 83 years later

Published by Times of India · India 42 min ago
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A Dutch man who lost his wedding ring while threshing grain in 1942 or 1943 has had it returned to his family 83 years later. A metal detector user found it buried 20 centimetres…

A wedding ring that went missing on a Dutch farm during World War II has finally returned to its owner's family after 83 years. The ring belonged to Jo Nabuurs, who lost it while threshing grain behind his family farm in the village of Odiliapeel in the winter of 1942 or 1943. He searched for it at the time but never managed to find it.Nabuurs had married in 1941, just a year or two before losing the ring.

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