leather vambrace with vegvisir Messen when full Western European armour

when full Western European armour had been perfected

Saxons and other warrior people

The helmet has a conical shape that deflects blows away from the head

Such helmets were worn by the Germanic tribes across Europe

leather vambrace with vegvisir Messen when full Western European armourThe vambrace is beautifully decorated with a Vegvisir motif. The Vegvisir is a symbol from the Icelandic Huld manuscript, a 19th century occult book of spells. Vegvisir means: that which shows the way. Whoever wore this magical symbol would not get lost during a storm. It is not known whether the early medieval Vikings knew this symbol. Amongst neopagans and in modern Viking culture, however, it plays an important role and has been given a new