A van full of SCA and demo gear was stolen recently in England. Members are asking for help in spotting the stolen items. When the van stolen from an SCA member was recovered recently, it was empty of the SCA and demo gear it had been carrying. SCA members throughout the Known World have been asked to be on the lookout for SCA-type items for sale which may be part of this theft. An inventory of items follows:

• Viking equipment
• 1 Box boys' costume - 40 tunics and belts
• 1 Box girls' dresses - 40 dresses
• 1 Box girls aprons & scarfs - 40 headscarfs & aprons
• Mastermayer wooden sea chest containing :
  • 1 large Rhineland glass spelter
  • 1 carved wooden boat
  • 1 pair child's oxhide shoes with sheepskin lining
  • 1 iron barrel padlock & key
  • 1 brass padlock in the shape of a lion & key
  • 1 walrus ivory tusk
  • 1 pair folding merchant scales
  • 1 bag of coins & jewellery
  • 3 goatskins
  • 1 goose-leg flute
  • 1 penanular brooch
  • 1 carved wooden bearing dial in leather lined case
  • 1 carved wooden cup
  • 1 wrestling stick
• 1 wrought iron cooking tripod
• 2 hand riveted cauldrons
• 1 pair serpent-shaped pot-hangers
• 1 wrought iron meat fork
• 1 wrought iron ladle
• 1 drinking horn (medium)
• 1 drinking horn (small)
• 1 blowing horn on hand made cord
• 1 turned budstikke
• 1 birch-bark box
• Icelandic spar
• Jet pieces
• 1 Norwegian sewing box
• 1 drop spindle
• 1 weaving heddle
• 1 pair carding hands
• Brass box containing bronze thimble, brass needles, bone needles
• 1 Icelandic whetstone
• 1 Danish leather cap with fur trim
• 1 cuir boulli spangenhelm
• 1 small iron "spectacle" helm
• 1 Kievan iron helm with decorative brass trim & mail aventail
• 1 padded arming cap
• 1 sword in leather scabbard
• 1 axe
• 1 planked shield
• 1 double sheepskin
• 1 reindeer skin
• 1 hand embroidered cloak
• 1 pair woollen breeches
• 1 hnefatafl set
• Costume bags
  • Viking costume bag
    • 1 adult viking dress with hangarok apron and hand-embroidered scarf
    • 1 pair enamelled dress brooches with beads and chatelaine set
    • 1 leather belt with hand carved antler buckle & strap end
    • 1 pair hand-made leather boots
  • Tudor costume bag
    • 1 adult Tudor dress with detatchable sleeves
    • Shift, coif, apron and plackets
    • 1 pair hand-made leather shoes
  • Roman costume bag
    • 1 adult Celtic dress
      
    • 1 pair hand-made leather sandals
  • WWII costume bag
  • 1 1940s issue East Riding Yorks WVS uniform with appropriate badges
  • 1 pair shoes

Anyone with information, please contact Gary at vitaelampadae@supanet.com

Also, if anyone has Viking gear they would like to sell, please contact Gary at the above address.