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Amateur detectorists exploring the historic fields near Gietrzwałd, Poland, have unearthed a remarkably rare medieval flail weapon known as a kiścień - only the fourth such artifact ever recorded in northeastern Poland. The skull-crushing weapon, closely associated with the legendary Battle of Grunwald of 1410, offers fresh insight into the brutal close-combat warfare that defined medieval Eastern Europe. The discovery was made by members of the Society of Friends of Olsztynek Exploration Section Tannenberg in fields located within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, an area directly linked to one of medieval Europe's most decisive military engagements. According to Heritage Daily, experts from the Battle of Grunwald Museum and the Museum of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn have confirmed the artifact's authenticity through