viking spectacle helmet gjermundbu 2 mm Leren helmen en maskers The knife and eating pick

The knife and eating pick are crafted from wood with nails and a decorative end to the handle

The helmet has been designed for display only and is not constructed to be worn

affording protection to the body against blows transmitted through armour pieces

Nuremberg was renowned for its solid sheet steel

viking spectacle helmet gjermundbu 2 mm Leren helmen en maskers The knife and eating pickThe 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