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Tournament or Cavalry Shield (Targe)

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Wood leather gesso silver paint, probably Austrian
Rights: Public Domain
Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Clarence H. Mackay 1930
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Title: Tournament or Cavalry Shield (Targe)
Description:
Wood leather gesso silver paint, probably Austrian.

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