This replica is based on the finds made at Sutton Hoo burial in England. The Sutton Hoo ceremonial helmet is based on a spangen type helm and is often compared to the Vendel Age helmets from Sweden.

Sutton Hoo is of a primary importance to early medieval historians because it sheds light on a period of English history which is on the margin between myth, legend and historical documentation. Use of the site culminated at a time when the ruler (Raedwald) of East Anglia held senior power among the English, and played a dynamic (if ambiguous) part in the establishment of Christian rulership in England. It is central to understanding of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia and of the period in a wider perspective.