Viking spectacle helmet Gjermundbu, 2 mm (battle-ready)

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This fully wearable Viking spectacle helmet with spike and short nasal is a reconstruction of a helmet found in a burial mound on the Gjermundbu farm in the Ringerike municipality, Norway. This Viking helmet is dated to the 9th/10th c., but its overall appearance and especially the strips or bands running around the lower edge, from front to back and from ear to ear (in German so-called Spangen), as well as the spectacle guard (a protective face plate resembling eyeglasses / spectacles) clearly show its close relationship to the crested helmets of the Vendel Period, which preceded the Viking Age.

This reproduction is hand-forged from 2 mm thick steel. The domed helmet bowl, the Spangen and the face protection are all connected by steel rivets. The blackened interior is fitted with a leather suspension liner, also attached to the bowl with rivets, and the 1 mm thick leather chin strap closes with a cord. The helmet features a short chainmail aventail or camail that protects the neck (for remains of an aventail could also be identified on the original find). The 4 in 1 mail weave is composed of 1.2 mm thick, round riveted steel rings with an inner diameter of approx. 8 mm. The aventail is directly attached to the lower edge of the bowl.

Product details
Product details:
Material: 2 mm steel, leather inlay, leather chin strap
Aventail: round rings riveted (RRR), ID 8 mm
Suitable for head circumference up to approx. 63 cm
Long distance (from back to front): approx. 21 cm
Short distance (ear to ear): approx. 19 cm
Height (without aventail): approx. 15 cm (approx. 30 cm with visor/nose guard and spike)
Length of the aventail (fully extended): approx. 14 cm
Weight (with aventail): approx. 3.1 kg
Based on a historic original
Shipment weight (grams): 4000

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