round brooch haithabu bronze Griekse - Romeinse - Keltische schilden Often a chain with beads

Often a chain with beads or other jewellery was attached between these brooches

from modest to enormous and richly adorned with ostrich feathers

It served to clearly distinguish friend from foe in the heat of battle

Fibulae like this were worn all over Europe between the 5th and 7th century

These buttons are based on an original excavated in England

round brooch haithabu bronze Griekse - Romeinse - Keltische schilden Often a chain with beadsThis round brooch is a reproduction of a find from the Viking Age trading center Haithabu. Just like the original, the brooch is solid no thin sheet metal to sit on material to save. Equipped with a stable needle mechanism at the back and an eyelet at the bottom to attach a chain if necessary. Solid cast from fine jewelery bronze, approx. 3. 5 cm in diameter.