1500s Italian shield with gun in the center. Steel, iron, wood, wool textile, and hemp fiber.
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More:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106394/gun-shield
A gun-shield from the armoury of Henry VIII: Decorative oddity or important discovery? - Victoria and Albert Museum
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...254#post169184
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...644#post170521
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...903#post167801
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...310#post165773
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...476#post166432
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...131#post165103
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...107#post125853
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https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...512#post173860
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