Conchos Norse - VIKING SHIELDS • Nickel- and lead-free • Strong quality • Frictional resistant • Pretty easy to work with DIMENSIONS: 0.64 x 1.60 Inches (16 x 40 mm), 925 STERLING SILVER PLATED, 2 rivets each on back caps included. This listing is priced per each concho. Leather pouch is not included and used for display purposes only. A Viking (pron. /?va?k??/) is one of the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century. These Norsemen used their famed long ships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe in general. A romanticized picture of Vikings as Germanic noble savages emerged in the 18th century, and expanded during the Victorian era Viking revival. In Britain it took the form of Septentrionalism, in Germany that of "Wagnerian" pathos or even Germanic mysticism, and in the Scandinavian countries that of Romantic nationalism or Scandinavism PLEASE NOTE: All handmade items can have some small variations in design materials and depending on your computer monitor's resolution and color settings, the picture may differ slightly in color from the actual item. Some metal pieces may have indentations, antique color washing variances and other natural blemishes from the manufacturing process. Photo may make item look larger than they actually appear, please note size dimensions in listing description. ALL ITEMS SOLD “AS IS”. All inquires welcome.