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Wandsworth Shield Boss
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Wandsworth Shield Boss

A 4th - 2nd Century BCE copper alloy shield boss from Wandsworth, England. This shield boss is approximately 32.8 centimeters (12.9 inches) in diameter, and was once fixed to the front of a wooden shield by six rivets. The shield boss is...
Mycenaean Shield Fresco
Image by Mark Cartwright

Mycenaean Shield Fresco

A fragment from a fresco from the acropolis of Mycenae depicting the typical figure-of-eight shield design. 15th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
Lombard Horseman Shield Mount
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Lombard Horseman Shield Mount

Lombard Horseman Shield Mount from an elite burial in Stabio (Ticino), gilded sheet bronze, now in Historical Museum of Bern.
Anglo-Saxon Shield fittings
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Anglo-Saxon Shield fittings

These fittings were originally attached to the front of a circular wooden shield. The iron boss was in the center with the decorative circular mounts arranged in 2 groups around it. The gilded silver mounts, shaped like an aquatic creature...
Greek Bronze Shield
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Greek Bronze Shield

Bronze shield from Olympia, 6th century BCE. Olympia Archaeological Museum.
Chertsey Shield
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Chertsey Shield

The bronze Chertsey Shield was discovered accidentally in 1985 in a silted-up channel of the River Thames in Abbey Meads, Surrey, England. It was made in the period 400-250 BCE. It measures 83.6 cm (33 in) in height and 46.8 cm (18.5 in...
Tunnelling Shield
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Tunnelling Shield

An illustration of the tunnelling shield designed by Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849). The shield was used during the construction of the Thames Tunnel, completed in 1843. The shield allowed workers to excavate but be protected from cave-ins...
Partially Reconstructed Shield from Sutton Hoo
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Partially Reconstructed Shield from Sutton Hoo

This is the most elaborate shield to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. The metal rim and gilded copper alloy, gold and garnet fittings are unusual. The central iron boss protected the user's hand, while mounts depicting a bird of prey and...
Minoan Bronze Shield
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Minoan Bronze Shield

Bronze shield, Crete, Geometric period, 8th-7th century BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. The bronze tympanon/shield found in the Idaean Cave is a votive offering from around the 8th century BCE. It is decorated with a bas-relief...
Aboriginal Australian Alkwerte - Shield
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Aboriginal Australian Alkwerte - Shield

Collected by Museum Victoria in the 1950's from the Arrente clan/language group of Alice Springs, Northern Territory. An Alkwerte was used for a range of purposes: as a shield, to help create fire and in ceremonial performances. These shields...
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