Tortoise Brooches, BJ 837, Birka Body Armor - Hand forged

- Hand forged

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Tortoise Brooches, BJ 837, Birka Body Armor - Hand forgedFREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING A pair of carefully handmade and detailed 10th Century Viking tortoise brooches in Oseberg style. By far the most common design, 1000 copies have been excavated in archaeological digs such as in Birka in Sweden, Bornholm in Denmark and Trondelag in Norway. Tortoise brooches (dress brooches) are worn in pairs on the front of a Viking woman's dress. It was customary to suspend a string of beads and charms between them. The