Medieval shields / paveses / targes

[Andi]

Two paveses from Museum Lauriacum in Enns, Austria. Depicting St. Geoge dating to 2nd half of 15th century.

http://www.museum-lauriacum.at/m/ind...tadtgeschichte

I am allways astonished about the high quality of the paintings on the shields. But probably this was one of the main reasons that they survived for the last 5 centuries. I guess most of the simple infantrist's shields ended up as firewood.