Indian shield "dhal" for comment

[colin henshaw]

Thanks for the comments so far.

Thinreadline - very useful information re cleaning. I was thinking of removing the unsightly varnish/lacquer from the brass bosses also. Another point is... the leather handle straps to the back are very dry and cracking - any ideas as to the best way to preserve these ?

I've often seen these shields described as "Indo-Persian" - what's the difference between the two, are Persian shields usually metal ? If you have any representative examples of dhals, do please post them.

Presumably my shield, being fairly plain, would not belong to a high ranking person ?

Regards
Colin