viking lamellar scale armour with visby plates Middeleeuwse schilden en beukelaars with heavily studded metal bands

with heavily studded metal bands at the ends

Helmets of this type were used by Vikings as well as other Germanic people

The weapon was also employed by Scythian mercenaries who served in the Greek and Persian armies

and is supplied complete with a helmet stand

is crafted from sturdy cotton

viking lamellar scale armour with visby plates Middeleeuwse schilden en beukelaars with heavily studded metal bandsThe scale armour is based upon fragments found in the Viking city of Birka and in Visby on Gotland. Shell and slat armour was employed from classical antiquity well into the Middle Ages. There are examples where scale armour was also utilised by the Vikings. This tradition may have been imported from the Byzantine Empire. The scale armour may be worn separately or over chain mail. It can be easily repaired with loose parts and adjusted to size.