Chertsey Shield

Oval shield, made entirely of coper alloy sheet 1-1.25mm thick. Made from nine sections. Broad copper alloy binding around edge. Simple decoration on front, a long spine with ridge rising over the spindle boss, diminiutive terminal finial roundels. One the reverse, a hand-hold of solid ash wood covered with copper alloy sheet is fixed across the hollow behind the boss. The handle has omega-shaped terminals, with the returns resembling stylised birds' heads. The length of the spine is covered with thin strips of copper-alloy sheet on either side of the opening on the reverse for the boss.