Viking Helmets

Viking helmets are some of the most popular medieval era helmets and may even be considered as the first war helmets in the history of human warfare dating back to the 10th century. When one thinks of Vikings, images of horns poking out from the sides of the helmet come up, just like those of Marvel Comics’ Thor. With this, many costumes and movies have popularized this horned helmet design in different styles. But truth be told, this actually never existed in the real battlefield. The Viking helmet was actually shaped like a bowl made from one piece of iron hammered into shape. Later versions of Viking helmets excavated from Gjermundbu, Norway were those of a rounded or peaked cap made from four plates patterned after the spangenhelm outline. This helmet has a rounded cap and has a "spectacle" guard around the eyes and nose which also suggests that the Vikings wore simple helmets. With this in mind, there are no other sources of information or facts which will prove that Viking helmets actually had horns mounted on the sides. But theories abound though that horned helmets were used only during Viking ceremonial events. Be that as it may, we hope that you will enjoy the different varieties of Viking helmets that we have to offer you.