Standard Kalkan with leather edging

Description

Diameter of the shield 76 cm
Plywood.
Thickness: 8 mm (two layers of 4 mm each glued together)
Steel shield boss 2 mm
100% Battle Ready.

The surface of the shield is covered with tarpaulin on glue.

Kalkan is a round shield typical in the 16th — 18th centuries in Persia, Turkey, and Central Asia, and also used in Eastern Europe (Poland and Hungary). Similar shields were used in the east up to Korea and China, their distribution is associated with the Mongolian influence.
100% Battle Ready.