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  Celtic Torc Phalera, Lion Heads, Tin-Coated Brass

  SKU: RPT7560T

  Roman military decorations included torc-shaped medals alongside true phalerae discs, a tradition beginning in 361 BC when the consul Titus Manlius Torquatus defeated a Gallic chieftain in single combat and took the man’s torc as a trophy, wearing it himself thereafter.

  This example recreates that torc-form decoration with lion-head terminals, worn by soldiers as a badge of honour that, unlike some other awards, could be displayed publicly at all times.

  This reproduction is cast in brass and tin-coated, weighing approximately 50g, sold as a standalone component for mounting onto a belt, harness, or armour.

  
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  Roman Legionary Eagle (Aquila), Brass, Tin-Coated

  SKU: AH6729NP

  The aquila, the golden eagle standard of a Roman legion, carried genuine quasi-religious importance for the ordinary soldier, representing the Eagle of Jove and the collective honour of the entire legion.

  Carried by a legionary known as the aquilifer and normally leaving camp only when the whole legion marched, losing the aquila was considered so shameful that Rome went to extraordinary lengths to recover one if lost — spending decades retaliating after three eagles fell into Germanic hands following the Teutoburg Forest disaster of 9 AD. No genuine legionary aquila is known to survive today.

  This reproduction is cast in brass and tin-coated, comes without pole, part of our Roman heritage range.

  
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  Roman Phalera, Medusa Gorgon, Tin-Coated Brass

  SKU: RPT7562T

  Phalerae were a genuine class of Roman military decoration, gold, silver or bronze discs awarded to centurions and standard-bearers for acts of valour and worn as a set on the chest harness during parades, sometimes mounted on the staffs of unit standards. The tradition traces back to ancient Greek phalara, adorning armour and horse harness, adopted by Rome via the Etruscans by the 4th century BC, and the term survives today in “phaleristics,” the study of orders and decorations.

  This example carries a Medusa Gorgon motif, a genuinely popular protective and apotropaic image in Roman art and military decoration, believed to ward off evil with her petrifying gaze.

  This reproduction is cast in brass and tin-coated, measuring approximately 8cm in diameter and weighing approximately 220g, sold as a standalone component for mounting onto a belt, harness, or armour.

  
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  Grinding Stone (Quern), Working Replica

  SKU: AH3981C

  This working replica recreates the traditional hard stone quern, its upper and lower wheels turned against each other by a wooden pin, with grain poured into the centre to be ground between them.

  Neolithic and Upper Palaeolithic peoples used millstones of this kind to grind grains, nuts, rhizomes and other plant foods for consumption, relying on saddlestones or rotary querns turned by hand well before mechanised milling existed. The same basic devices were also used to grind pigments and metal ores prior to smelting, making the quern one of the most versatile and enduring tools in early human technology.

  Deepeeka’s reproduction is inspired by quern stones held in the Whithorn Museum, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, part of our historical camp range.