Posted on 08/07/2020 4:34:18 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
Didn’t know they played American football there so far back.
No horns?? its a fake
A terrific find. Various iron hoops of dubious origin and function have been touted as Saxon, Viking, or Norman helmets, depending on the current fashion. This is clearly a helmet and was no parade adornement. It was a steel pot. A sword could easily cleave a skull, but with a proper helmet, a very bad headache might be the result. Real warriors needed a good sword and a helmet. A shield was more easily obtained made of wood and leather.
My wife is ftom Mexico. The first time she saw the Minn Vikings play, she asked “why does that team have sperms on their helmets?”
They have been “The Minn Sperms” in our household ever since.
Too bad no NFL team will ever besmirch my TV again.
Dont tell the Swedes, they’ll want to destroy it as part of their program of cultural self-destruction.
https://thornews.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/only-existing-viking-age-helmet-norway.jpg
The Scandinavian one is a lot nicer. Wonder why? Is this one older?
Dang, I was wondering where I left that one! I only took it off a minute........
This Yarm helmet shares the same general shape of the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo helmet, circa 625, absent the full face guard of the very decorative and functional Sutton Hoo.
“We want to hire the man who GAVE him those wounds”
1960
The British helmet sat submerged in moisture for centuries. Otherwise, think Scand design: Volvo vs. Vauxhall. Nothing new. French cavemen at Lascaux outdrew other contemporaries centuries before Seurrat and Monet turned the art world on its head
Ping!
Wasn’t referring to physical condition. Was referring to a nicer design.
Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam!
Hagar the Horrible?
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