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Shield Red St. James Cross<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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A shield is a type of personal armor, meant to intercept attacks, or redirecting a hit from a sword, mace, battle axe.
\nShields vary greatly in size and in thickness ranging from large panels that protect the user’s whole body to small models that were intended for hand-to-hand-combat use.
\nIn prehistory and during the era of the earliest civilizations, shields were made of wood, animal hide, woven reeds or wicker
\nIn the Middle Ages, timber, leather or rawhide and often reinforced with a metal boss, rim or banding.
\nThey were carried by foot soldiers, knights and cavalry.
\nShields could be round, oval, square, rectangular, triangular, bilobal.
\nThe shield was held by a central grip or by straps that went over or around the user’s arm.
\nOften shields were decorated with a painted pattern or an animal representation to show their army or clan. These designs developed into systematized heraldic devices during the High Middle Ages for purposes of battlefield identification.<\/p>\n

Medieval shield, Swiss style with three points on the head and finish point at the bottom. It is decorated with the Insignia of the Order of Saint James, one gules Cruz simulating a sword shaped fleur de lis on the handle and arms.<\/p>\n