Shield Shop
In our online store you can buy the best protection available on the market. The sale of this type of defensive weapon has always been one of our specialties and you can find shields from the period or antiquity both for representations and functional for soft combat. Do n't forget to stop by our store where you will find the best tool for camping or for your sports activities, hunting or even for crafts.
Shields are one of the oldest defensive weapons used to protect against attacks from opponents, but also used as an attack weapon, whose purpose was none other than to hit the opponent's body. They are usually carried on the left arm to complement the weapon carried in the right hand, and help to protect the body from attacks without preventing the right arm from counterattacking. Made from a multitude of materials, such as leather, wood, copper, bronze, iron, they have been used by almost all human cultures for defense in combat, both at a distance and in hand-to-hand combat. It is also necessary to take into account their multiple shapes, oval, circular, rectangular, teardrop or almond, adapting to technological or tactical changes to ensure maximum protection for those who carried them.
Types of war shields
Among the great selection that you will find in our catalog, we highlight the following classes.
MEDIEVAL
It is a piece of personal armour held in the hand which was used to protect warriors, whether they were knights, archers or infantry soldiers, from all kinds of attack weapons used in the Middle Ages. They were made from different types of wood such as poplar, linden and other equally resistant woods.
VIKINGS
On the battlefields of Viking times, not everyone had the possibility of strong armour, which is why it became an indispensable piece of personal armour. Its function was both defensive and offensive, and once decorated it reflected the identity or loyalty of its owner. It was round, made mainly of wood with a central grip.
NORMANS
The Normans were descendants of Vikings who had settled in northern France. They were mercenaries for many European kingdoms and empires, which allowed them to acquire a vast Norman war culture, a mixture of all of them, which gave rise to the kite-type model, popularized by the Normans throughout Western Europe.
GREEKS
The ancient Greek models were called hoplon or aspis, a word that came from hoplite, or Greek soldier. The hoplon was usually made of wood, although some of them had a thin sheet of bronze on the edge of the outer face.
ROMANS
The Roman model par excellence is the Scutum, used by the Italic peoples in antiquity and later by the army of ancient Rome in the 4th century BC. The Scutum was a large shield that in the 1st century BC became the rectangular shield popularly associated with the modern Scutum that we know today.
SPARTANS
They were worn by Spartan warriors and soldiers and were very emblematic of the films in which this type has appeared and are very similar to the traditional Greek ones.
HERALDIC
This type of model represented the colors or coats of arms of the different houses of knights or soldiers, but also the important families of the region or state in which they were located. Important families had a family crest that represented them in ancient times.
