Three Danish soldiers in suits of armor.
Three Danish soldiers in suits of armor. "The oldest armour of the Danes consisted of a helmet, breastplate and shield. However, immediately after the conquest of Britain, they already had a complete suit of armour, as seen in 69, 70, and 71." "Their swords (70, 71) were longer and larger than those of the Saxons, and their lances differed little from them (69)." "Strutt thought that the helmets were of steel or iron, two metals that the Danes were accustomed to working." Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
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