Product made by experienced blacksmiths, who really know how to make a good armor.Reliability and comfortable using for years.You can use this functional battle shield for:īenefits, which you’ll get, if you buy medieval shield at Steel Mastery: So, when ordering, please send us an image/ornament, which you want to be handmade on your medieval shield. NOTE: colorful painting is made by your pattern. Main photo shows authentic medieval kite shield with following options: Steel umbo in sating polishing treatment.Surface of shield was often painted with ornaments, crosses, images of animal and birds. It was used by mounted knights in order to protect left side of warrior (leg and upper part of body).Īlmond shield was usually made of wood, covered with leather and completed with steel umbo in the center and has length 140 cm (55 inches). Edges of shield were trimmed with steel or leather. Popularization of kite shields in medieval times was related to development of cavalry.
Soldiers with kite shields, fragment from manuscript Dijon BM MS.14 Bible of Stephen Harding Shields of such unique shape are depicted on the famous Bayeux Tapestry and are one of the most recognizable types of Norman warrior armament.Ĭavalry and infantry with kite shields, fragment from Bayeux Tapestry It is also known as almond shield due to its shape, pointing at the bottom. Kite shield is a type of medieval defense, which was popular in the X-XIV centuries all over Europe and Rus’.
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