Fifteenth-century German shield, painted with a pelican with her boy, Elongated fifteenth-century German shield, probably a footman's shield, with concave sides. An increase of 13 cm wide runs in the middle from top to bottom. Completely covered with dark red leather, the front painted with the representation of a black pelican, poking itself in the chest with its beak above a nest with four young ones feeding on the falling drops of blood. In a four-lobed frame, surrounded by plant, flower and abstract motifs. Holes in the shield at three places, through which straps come off the handle, held by thick pieces of leather. The handle on the back consists of a vertical piece of wood, pierced at the top with a horizontal stick, the whole wound by a leather strap, plaitably braided. Two nails hold a second leather strap, which is broken off on one side., anonymous, Europe, 1400 - 1500, wood (plant material), iron (metal), leather, linen (material), braiding, h 66.3 cm × w 41 cm × d 8 cm

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