germanic spangenhelm henning Festival mantels en capes to which the decorative buckle

to which the decorative buckle is fastened

This belt is a replica based on fragments of an original found in the Viking town of Birka

the targe of Charles Edward Stuart featured a Medusa head and military trophies

It reaches to the knee

This axe is a perfect weapon for reenacting Normans

germanic spangenhelm henning Festival mantels en capes to which the decorative buckleThis helmet is made after Germanic originals that were worn all over Europe at the time of the great Migrations. Germanic tribes like the Goths, Franks, Alamans and Frisians wore helmets like this one. The cheek flaps were a legacy of the Roman galea helmets and earlier cavalry helmets that the Germanic Auxiliae wore in Roman service.