anglo saxon fibula flintshire bronze Rapieren This square brass umbo provides

This square brass umbo provides an ideal solidity of the shield

grooved pommel were characteristic of the Katzbalger

and weighs 1984 grams

The disc is solid and machined on both sides

Nowadays the statue is exhibited in the Vatican Museums

anglo saxon fibula flintshire bronze Rapieren This square brass umbo providesThis one fibula is a replica of an Anglo Saxon find from Flintshire, Wales, discovered in 2016 by a metal detector hobbyist and dating from the 8th 9th century. The cross shaped motif with five spherical buttons and four broken animal figures is characteristic of this period, the same time when the major Viking raids on the British Isles took place. Performed in bronze, with a diameter of 7 cm, almost the same as the original. On the back there is a