Viking Sword (IMAGE)

National Physical Laboratory

Viking Sword

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The sword from the Wurttemberg Landesmuseum, Stuttgart has the inscription of its maker's name spelt +VLFBERH+T (this was made of a high-carbon steel and would have been a very hard sword).

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Alan Williams

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