baltic bird pendant sateles 11th 12th century bronze Zwaarden & wapens or stabbing the opponent through

or stabbing the opponent through the joints of his plate armour in close-quarters combat

and knights and well-to-do townsmen often ostentatiously carried their artfully crafted and richly ornamented daggers as a status symbol

The piece of jewellery is a replica of an 8th–10th century original discovered in 1990 in a cemetery near Uppåkra

They are designed with star-shaped place-holder screws that are replaceable with the Mountable Demon Horns and minor grips

The armholes reach to the hips

baltic bird pendant sateles 11th 12th century bronze Zwaarden & wapens or stabbing the opponent throughThis pendant is a detailed replica of a medieval bird pendant from the Turaida Museum in Latvia, found at the fortress of Sateseles in the Gauja National Park near Sigulda a settlement of the ancient Liven. The original dates from the end of the 11th to the beginning of the 12th century. Bird pendants were widespread in the Baltic region between the 9th and 12th centuries and served as mediators between worlds: as carriers of the soul or protective