Gjermundbu helmet
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Gjermundbu helmet |
| Use: | helmet |
| Working time: | about 10th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Norway , ethnic groups |
| Distribution: | Northern Europe |
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The Gjermundbu helmet is a helmet from Norway . He belongs to the group of glasses helmets or Nordic comb helmets .
description
The Gjemundbu helmet is made of iron . He was found in a burial mound in Gjermundbu, Norway , in 1943 . His helmet bowl is hemispherical and consists of three iron bands, two of which run from the back to the forehead and one from ear to ear. Four driven metal plates are riveted under this basic structure to form the helmet shell. On the front of the helmet, metal eyebrows and a face mask in the shape of glasses are attached. These glasses give the helmet class their name (glasses helmets). Based on the mounting holes on the helmet and remnants of chain mail , it is assumed that a chain fabric protected the neck and the sides of the neck. Due to a fastening opening on the top, it is assumed that there was a pin for fastening a helmet bush ( Zimier ). It is now in the National Museum of Antiquities (Oldsaksamlinga) in Oslo.
literature
- Mark Harrison: Viking Hersir, 793-1066 AD (= Warrior Series 3). Color plates by Gerry Embleton. Osprey Publishing, London 1993, ISBN 1-85532-318-4 , pp. 45, 55, 61.
- Christopher Gravett: Hastings 1066. The fall of Saxon England (= Osprey Military Campaign 13). Revised edition. Osprey Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-84176-133-8 , p. 30.
- Johannes Hoops , Heinrich Beck (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Volume 25: Bark Boat - Rzucewo Culture. 2nd, completely revised and greatly expanded edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2003, ISBN 3-11-017733-1 , p. 446.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Kulturhistorisches Museum Oslo, available online, (English, accessed on February 20, 2011) ( Memento of July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
