“Pioneer” helmet from Northampthonshire. Saxon, VI-VII A.D.
€ 450
Anglo Saxon
VI-VII century
The Pioneer Helmet (also known as the Wollaston Helmet or Northamptonshire Helmet), is an Anglo-Saxon boar-crested helmet from the late seventh century found in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. The sparsely decorated nature of the helmet, a utilitarian iron fighting piece, belies its rarity. It is one of just six Anglo-Saxon helmets yet discovered, joined by finds from Benty Grange (1848), Sutton Hoo (1939), Coppergate (1982), Shorwell (2004) and Staffordshire (2009); its basic form is nearly identical to that of the richer Coppergate helmet found in York. Like these, the Pioneer Helmet is an example of the “crested helmets” that flourished in England and Scandinavia from the sixth through eleventh centuries. (Wikipedia)
We also offer a helmet version with brass-trimmed cheek guards and a one-piece forged boar decorated with bristles.
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