germanic spangenhelm henning Festival mantels en capes This gorget is made after

This gorget is made after late medieval / Renaissance originals

You can fasten the vambraces to your forearms with the strong leather straps

to which the decorative buckle is fastened

This tent is based on original depictions from various medieval manuscripts

germanic spangenhelm henning Festival mantels en capes This gorget is made afterThis helmet is made after Germanic originals that were worn all over Europe at the time of the great Migrations. Germanic tribes like the Goths, Franks, Alamans and Frisians wore helmets like this one. The cheek flaps were a legacy of the Roman galea helmets and earlier cavalry helmets that the Germanic Auxiliae wore in Roman service.