Tora shield

The shape of the Torah Shields and their iconographic elements too, often follow patterns appearing on items that are used by non-Jews. Torah shields resembling the form of noble coats of arms adorned by a baldachin are typical of Austria-Hungary. There are two figures on the two sides of the stone tablets, Moses on the right and Aaron on the left, with their usual attributes. The Torah shield was used in the Dohány Street Synagogue.