leather vambrace with vegvisir Messen The grip is made of

The grip is made of wood and bone

This buckler is classified as a type IB according to Herbert Schmidt’s typology

Saxons and other warrior people

These buttons are shaped like a motif from the Celtic La Tene period

when full Western European armour had been perfected

leather vambrace with vegvisir Messen The grip is made ofThe 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