Mindelheim Hallstatt Sword Replica - Viking Weapon Reproduction - Viking Sword

Description

It's a replica of an ancient high status cavalry sword of Hallstatt (Late Bronze Age).
The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European culture of Early Iron Age Europe from the 8th to 6th centuries BC, developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC (Late Bronze Age) and followed in much of its area by the La Tène culture. It is commonly associated with Proto-Celtic and Celtic populations in the Western Hallstatt zone and with (pre-)Illyrians in the eastern Hallstatt zone.
It is named for its type site, Hallstatt, a lakeside village in the Austrian Salzkammergut southeast of Salzburg, where there was a rich salt mine, and some 1,300 burials are known, many with fine artefacts. Material from Hallstatt has been classed into 4 periods, numbered "Hallstatt A" to "D". Hallstatt A and B are regarded as Late Bronze Age and the terms used for wider areas, such as "Hallstatt culture", or "period", "style" and so on, relate to the Iron Age Hallstatt C and D.
Hallstatt C is characterized by the first appearance of iron swords mixed amongst the bronze ones.
The reconstruction was carried out from the ancient bronze items of that period on the catalogs of the museum.
Item details:
Material: Bronze
Weight: 0.99 kg (2.18 lbs)
Length: 85 cm (33.46 Inches)
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