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Cheek Plate from Anglo Saxon Helmet
Cheek Plate from Saxon Helmet from the Staffordshire Hoard

Cheek Plate from Saxon Helmet from the Staffordshire Hoard

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This is a section of a cheek plate, part of an elite warrior's helmet from the Anglo Saxon period, discovered as part of the Staffordshire Hoard, discovered in an agricultural field near Birmingham, England.

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