Boar-crested helmets are a staple of Anglo-Saxon imagery, and the Guilden Morden boar is one of three--together with the helmets from Benty Grange and Wollaston--known to have survived to the present.
Boar-crested helmets are a staple of Anglo-Saxon imagery, evidence of a Germanic tradition in which the boar invoked the protection of the gods. The Guilden Morden boar is one of three--together with the helmets from Benty Grange and Wollaston--known to have survived to the present.