Extant Saxon Clothing

By Jennifer Baker
Hodegon - New Varangian Guard
April 2008

Note: I have only listed clothing items found to be in /or close by to Germany

Iron Age to Early Medieval Iron Age (c700 BC-43 AD) The Roman occupation (43 AD-c410) The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066) Early Anglo-Saxon (450-650) Middle Anglo-Saxon (650-800)

Total Number of Tunics - 7 Skirts - 2 Cloaks - 27 Leg wear - Trousers - 6 Leg wear - Leg wraps - 5 Footwear - shoes - 9 Headwear - hats - 7 Headwear - hoods - 2 Other items - 5

Extant Bronze /Iron / Viking / Medieval age Hats- Caps - Headbands

By Jennifer Baker
Hodegon - New Varangian Guard
Feb 2008

Bronze age Bronze Age (c2300-700 BC)	Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 25
Iron Age to Early Medieval Iron Age (c700 BC-43 AD) The Roman occupation (43 AD-c410) The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066) Early Anglo-Saxon (450-650) Middle Anglo-Saxon (650-800)	Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 14
Early Medieval 8 - 11th c The 'Dark Ages' and the Anglo-Saxons (c410-1066) Late Anglo-Saxon (800-1066) The Vikings 8th, 9th and 10th cent. Normans 1066 onwards The medieval era/Middle Ages (1066-1485)	Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 27
High Medieval 12 - 14th c. The medieval era/Middle Ages (1066-1485)	Total Number of Hats- Caps - Headbands - 22

Extant Iron Age / Viking / Medieval Hoods
By Jennifer Baker
Hodegon - New Varangian Guard
Feb 2008

Iron Age to Early Medieval	Total Number of hoods – 8 Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 7 Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 1 Hoods with no gores - 7 Hoods with front gore – 0 Hoods with Back gore – 0 Hood with shoulder gores - 1
Early Medieval 8 - 11th c	Total Number of hoods – 5 Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 5 Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 0 Hoods with no gores - 4 Hoods with front gore – 1 Hoods with Back gore – 1 Hood with shoulder gores - 0
High Medieval 12 - 14th c.	Total Number of hoods – 24 Hoods with out tails / lirpipe – 1 Hoods with tails / lirpipe – 23 Hoods with no gores - 13 Hoods with front gore – 6 Hoods with Back gore – 0 Hood with shoulder gores - 2

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THE GJERMUNDBU FIND - THE CHIEFTAN WARRIOR

Of all viking age graves exhumed on scandinavian soil, not many can compare with with the Gjermundbu find. The accidental find was made in 1943 on a farm called Gjermundbu (hence the name derr) in Haug a district within Ringerike in central Norway.

The mound or cyst style burial consisted of many artifacts, most of those being weaponry or horse harnesses.

The most notableof these are a helmet, maille shirt, sword, two skegox, two spearheads and eight arrowheads, a scabbard chape, four shield bosses and several seaxes. Stirrups and spurs were also found along with a iron rattle and many other iron artefacts.

It is a shame that no clothing fragments were found due to the fact that the person was cremated.

There is no doubt as to the importance of this find. Most viking age graves yield little more that a axe or seax, let alone a helmet or for that matter a maille shirt. The Gjermundbu helm is the only viking style helmet found on Scandinavian soil. Fragments of similiar eye pieces have also been found in Russia.