FRANKISH BATTLE AXE AMULET 5th-6th CENTURY AD

White metal (tin, zinc or lead), just over 1” height skillfully and accurately formed with slightly backswept bit and tapered peen. See this example. The socket pierced through. Able to be worn as a pendant. Surface with stable white age oxidation with the fine detail preserved. The Franks occupied present-day northern France, Belgium, and western Germany after the fall of the Roman Empire.