viking upper bracelet with wolf heads bronze Boeken - schrijfgerei en zegelringen which gives a pleasing puff

which gives a pleasing puff

they remained in use for a short time

Chestplates of this type were worn by infantrymen from the second half of the fifteenth century until the sixteenth century

Birka and Haithabu

War hammers like this emerged in the second half of the 15th century and were mainly used in Italy

viking upper bracelet with wolf heads bronze Boeken - schrijfgerei en zegelringen which gives a pleasing puffThe large upper bracelet is crafted from several intertwined bronze strands. The bracelet measures 40 cm in length. At each end, the terminals are shaped like wolf heads. The wolf held a central place in Viking culture appearing, for instance, as the mythological wolf Fenrir. The bracelet is slightly adjustable in size.