vendel sword gotland broa 8th century Viking sieraden & hangers has been engraved in the

has been engraved in the pommel

The dragon head is crafted from wood and adorned the Oseberg ship's prow (around 800 AD)

with a seat height of approximately 47 cm and a depth of 32 cm

Odin/Wodan is the first of kings and ruler over the Einherjar—the heroic fallen warriors of Valhalla with whom he rides out to defeat Ragnarök (the ultimate chaos)

The buckle is made of solid brass and with an antique finish

vendel sword gotland broa 8th century Viking sieraden & hangers has been engraved in theThe beautiful Vendel Period sword is loosely based on a finely crafted artefact kept today at the History Museum (Historiska Museet) in Stockholm, Sweden (Item 120525, SHM 10796). The original piece, a gilded bronze sword hilt (see last picture), is a grave find from Broa, on the Swedish island of Gotland. Many a find attributed to the Vendel era (roughly lying between the Migration Period and the Viking Age in Swedish history) bears testimony to the