Military costume of the Gothic Nations of the Baltic

Military costume of the Gothic Nations on the western coast of the Baltic, Dane and Sclavonian. They are dressed as Berserkirs. On the right is a Dane, wearing skull cap with nasal point, leather breastplate and fur surcoat, holding a shield and knife. The other has a feathered helmet (popular with the Tatars), breastplate, spear, blunt sword and shield (possibly a Sclavonian). Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821

19th Century Ancient History Aquatint Baltic Barbarians Blunt Breastplate Charles Hamilton Smith Dane Havell Samuel Meyrick Surcoat Tatar Vikings

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