Germanic Brooches and Fibulae

Copy of a find from Kalkriese, the probable location of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Early 1st century AD.

Copy of a find from Kalkriese, the probable location of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Early 1st century AD.

Early roman brooch from the age of emperor Augustus. This type was popular among the roman soldiers, but also among the germanic peoples of the settlements at the lower rhine.

Germanic fibula of the first half of the 1st century AD.

Germanic fibula of the first half of the 1st century AD.

Germanic Eye-Fibula of the first half of the 1st century AD.

Germanic Eye-Fibula of the first half of the 1st century AD.

Late Eye-Fibula after a find of the Saalburg-fort, Germany. This kind of brooch was widely spreaded among the germanic tribes, but also in the roman provinces. Mid - late 1st century AD.

Late Eye-Fibula after a find of the Saalburg-fort, Germany. This kind of brooch was widely spreaded among the germanic tribes, but also in the roman provinces. Mid - late 1st century AD.

Ring fibula of the germanic urnfield of Hamfelde, Germany.

Germanic Fibula of the germanic migration period.

Ring fibula of the germanic urnfield of Hamfelde, Germany.

Strongly Profiled Brooch of the type Almgren 68. A very popular fibula during the 1st century in the roman provinces and also in free Germania.

Visigothic fibula of the germanic migration period with circle eye decorations.

Strongly Profiled Brooch of the type Almgren 68. A very popular fibula during the 1st century in the roman provinces and also in free Germania.

Brooch with high pin support, found in the germanic grave field of Gießen / Germany. The fibula dates to a late period of B2, the early 2nd century.

This 50mm long bow fibula with kerbschnitt-decoration (chip carving) is the reconstruction of an original of the germanic Danube-Type of the migration period / 1st half 5th century AD.

This 50mm long bow fibula with kerbschnitt-decoration (chip carving) is the reconstruction of an original of the germanic Danube-Type of the migration period / 1st half 5th century AD.

Brooch with high pin support, found in the germanic grave field of Gießen / Germany. The fibula dates to an early period of C1, the mid of the 2nd century.

Alamannic brooch with bow knob and crossbow construction, based on an original of the late 3rd century AD.