earning the medal of Brunhilde. 🏅

This bronze Valkyrie-laden medal was a random eBay find. Aside from a similar Etsy listing saying it's from the 1920s CE, and the eBay one stating it's 1.5"D and 23g, there's nothing else about it. It makes me wonder if this was a souvenir from a Bayreuth performance of Wagner's Ring, otherwise I might hope there'd be medals for all the Valkyrjur. And if so, does Brunhilde only merit a bronze since she was demoted for her compliant defiance? Are the other usual 12 choosers of the slain (but this number goes up to 39 if more unusual citations are included [and honestly, if that's it, then those 39 have to be working nigh-eternal overtime to pick out ~16K battle dead each to assemble Valhalla's total of 614,400 Einherjar, so there has to logistically be over 39 to delegate that]) cast in more precious/meritorious/other base metals?

For a possible other context, in The Nibelungenlied, Brunhild is the Queen of Iceland, and it is the hidden gamesmanship of Siegfried and his blood-brother King Gunther of Worms that complete her fail-and-die-by-my-hand/win-and-marry-me feats of strength, so maybe this a medal inspired by that Valkyrie-winning story for a competition?

If you know anything more about these, do let us know in the comments below, NorsePlayers!

[as of this writing, the medallion only has a buy it now of $24.99 USD, so go grab it here if you wants it!]

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Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants at age seven. Since then he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the Map of Midgard project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay. If you have employment/opportunities in investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer, do contact him.