Original Victorian Era Indo-Persian Rhinoceros Hide Dhal Shield with Brass Ornamentation British Flare Guns 600 of them)

600 of them)

The wood shaft of the grenade is marked ЯR217 - 36 along with more Waffen Amt Eagles

Strasbourg

indicating that these were issued together as a set

Original Victorian Era Indo-Persian Rhinoceros Hide Dhal Shield with Brass Ornamentation British Flare Guns 600 of them)Original 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