The historic Weapons and Armor of the Fifth century Britons and Anglo Saxons.
The Armor of Arthur’s Combrogi,
Romano Celtic infantry with Dragon standard.
Fifth century standard bearer with Dragon standard.
Ravens beak Helm, the type depicted in the Novel Aerons Flame.
Romano Celtic Officers Helmet
Arthur Pendraeg’s Helmet
Cuirbouilli Lorica
Cuirbouilli Scale Armor
Cuirbouilli is made by boiling leather in bees wax.
Chain mail hauberk.
Invented by Iron age Celts, Mail armor was adopted by the Romans, and Germanic tribes.
Scale Armor.
Used primarily by Roman heavy Cavalry. The Byzantine Cavalry used Scale into the middle ages.
Celtic flame tongue Spear
Celtic Boar Spear
Spatha, Romano Celtic Calvary sword.
Celtic Sword
Anglo- Saxon elite foot soldier.
Sutton Hoo helmet
Typical Anglo- Saxon Helmet.
Used by Germanic tribes through the Viking period.
Single handed Anglo Saxon Axe
Seaxe, single edged long knife, the Saxons name was derived from this distinctive weapon
Anglo- Saxon Sword
Anglo- Saxon Winged spear
This style was used among all Germanic peoples.
These are the Historic types of weapons and armor of the Fifth and Sixth century.
As you may notice they are distinctively different from the images of medieval depiction and popular perception.