Viking Helmets

As to my puchase of my first Viking Helmet i thought I should include a small article and a picture of that handsome thing

 

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Helmet

"Today there is only one known example of a Viking helmet in existence. This Viking helmet was made of iron and was in the shape of a rounded or peaked cap made from four plates after the spangenhelm pattern, and was excavated from Gjermundbu, Norway, and dated to the 10th century. Gjermundbu is located in Haugsbygda, a village in Ringerike municipality, northeast of the center of Hønefoss, in Buskerud, Norway. This helmet has a rounded cap and has a "spectacle" guard around the eyes and nose which formed a sort of mask, in addition to a possible mail aventail. The eyeguard in particular suggests a close affinity with the earlier Vendel period helmets. From runestones and other illustrations, we know the Vikings also wore simpler helmets, often peaked caps with a simple noseguard. Vikings didn't actually wear helmets with horns mounted on them, but illustrations from the 19th Century popularized this representation^"

 

 

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age_arms_and_armour

 

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