Ash round fist-grip shield . Diameter 75 cm

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Used throughout Europe from the lands of the Franks to Rus, and from the Scandinavian lands to Byzantium in the broad time period of the 6th to the beginning of the 11th centuries.

Diameter 75 cm.

The Boardshield is the most correct and archaeologically verified version of the round shield during the Dark Ages and Early Middle Ages. The construction of this shield has been confirmed by archaeological finds from the Viking Age.
It is the kind of shield used at the vast majority of early medieval festivals.

90 cm in diameter.
The planks -ash. Thickness 10 mm.
Steel umbon 2 mm thick. The inside diameter of the umbon is 12 cm. Height 8 cm.
leather edging.
Covering the shield with a high-strength fabric. Painting.
Inner side of the boards, by fire or stain coating.
Leather shoulder strap with steel forged buckle.
The price is for a plain coloured shield.

The Vikings used the shield not only for protection, but also for attacking and striking with its edge and an iron umbon located in the middle of the weapon. The construction of the shield itself, however, was fairly simple.

This was done for a warrior in a very specific way, based on his size. This was done to protect a large part of the body from arrows, so the martial artist could get close to the enemy to fight them with hand-to-hand combat. In fact, the size of the shields suggests that the Vikings were indeed able to use the famous tactic known as the “wall of shields”. This was reminiscent of the ‘Roman tortoise’, with some combatants holding their shields in front of them and others over their heads, thus shielding the group from a hail of arrows.

Like weapons, shields were also decorated. The exterior was usually painted: the main colours, referring to many European sources, historians call red and white. Incidentally, as noted by domestic researcher A. N. Kirpichnikov, he found a Scandinavian shield in Gnezdovo

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Used throughout Europe from the lands of the Franks to Rus, and from the Scandinavian lands to Byzantium in the broad time period of the 6th to the beginning of the 11th centuries.

Diameter 75 cm.

The Boardshield is the most correct and archaeologically verified version of the round shield during the Dark Ages and Early Middle Ages. The construction of this shield has been confirmed by archaeological finds from the Viking Age.
It is the kind of shield used at the vast majority of early medieval festivals.

90 cm in diameter.
The planks -ash. Thickness 10 mm.
Steel umbon 2 mm thick. The inside diameter of the umbon is 12 cm. Height 8 cm.
leather edging.
Covering the shield with a high-strength fabric. Painting.
Inner side of the boards, by fire or stain coating.
Leather shoulder strap with steel forged buckle.
The price is for a plain coloured shield.

The Vikings used the shield not only for protection, but also for attacking and striking with its edge and an iron umbon located in the middle of the weapon. The construction of the shield itself, however, was fairly simple.

This was done for a warrior in a very specific way, based on his size. This was done to protect a large part of the body from arrows, so the martial artist could get close to the enemy to fight them with hand-to-hand combat. In fact, the size of the shields suggests that the Vikings were indeed able to use the famous tactic known as the “wall of shields”. This was reminiscent of the ‘Roman tortoise’, with some combatants holding their shields in front of them and others over their heads, thus shielding the group from a hail of arrows.

Like weapons, shields were also decorated. The exterior was usually painted: the main colours, referring to many European sources, historians call red and white. Incidentally, as noted by domestic researcher A. N. Kirpichnikov, he found a Scandinavian shield in Gnezdovo

A museum artefact

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