Original Victorian Era Indo-Persian Rhinoceros Hide Dhal Shield with Brass Ornamentation British Flare Guns Strasbourg

Strasbourg

went from design board to flight test in less than 12 months

indicating that these were issued together as a set

WW II Decorations:

Original Victorian Era Indo-Persian Rhinoceros Hide Dhal Shield with Brass Ornamentation British Flare Guns StrasbourgOriginal Item: Only One Available. Dating from the second half of the 1800s this measures just 10 1 2" across and was used as a parrying shield in hand to hand combat by the Sudanese Dervish Warriors and by the indigenous native populations right across the Islamic world including India. Known as a DHAL, the ones from India tended to be made all of metal and the Sudanese and Persian ones of Rhino hide. This is a particularly nice example decorated