Display of the Pioneer Helmet

Date: December 23, 1997 • Location: Rome, Italy

The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.

The Pioneer Helmet, is an Anglo-Saxon helmet from the late seventh century found in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. The boar-crested helmet was discovered during a March 1997 excavation before the land was to be mined for gravel and was part of the grave of a young man. Other objects in the grave, such as a hanging bowl and a pattern welded sword, suggest that it was the burial mound of a high-status warrior.