A very utilitarian steel round shield, Germany, ~1600 AD

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A very utilitarian steel round shield, Germany, ~1600 AD
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https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/schwerer-rundschild-371683-1

All of this soldier’s friends: “C’mon man, at least pay for an etching of heraldry or something in the middle.”

This soldier: “Ich bin doch kein Krösus!”

I’m ashamed I had to translate that to get the joke



I’m pretty sure that’s a dog’s face in the center of it. Specifically a doge face. I’m not even a Muslim, a culture notorious for their lack of faces in art design, and I’m kind of disturbed that there’s a face there.

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Islam has very strict rules about art that can cause pareidolia.
But, regardless, there is clearly a face in the center of that even if it’s pareidolia.




Was it made out of stainless steel?…


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