Lantern shield

The Russian “tarch” is a curious weapon that incorporats on a metal gauntlet a shield and other spiky components. It was used between the 14th to 17th centuries in Russia. There are very few information about the “tarch”, but is concludent to say that this was a special kind of shelom (shield).

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This bizarre Renaissance-era object is housed in the Imperial Armoury of Austria's Kunsthistorisches Museum: It's called a lantern shield, at least by those who discovered it; there is no text record of how the thing was actually used. But what is apparent is that there was a

A lantern shield. One of the strangest piece of armament ever invented. It is a small round steel shield attached to an armour gauntles. It has two spikes on the gauntles, one barbed spike on the center of the shield, a swordblade attached to the back of the shield, and also a lantern inside it, which provides light through the holes on the face of the shield.

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This is a model of the Ironoak Lantern Shield used within a group University project, AEGIS, that myself and a friend are working on. The shield is made from a special wood called Iron Oak hence the metal/wood appearance.