Scottish Fighting Targe
Order Code: Fighting

In JACOBITE times, targes were the highlanders' main means of defence in battle. A targe was a circular shield about 19" in diameter, with the front covered in tough hide, and the back in deerskin. The front was decorated with brass or silver studs and plates which occasionally had cut-outs, backed with red cloth (traditionally a piece of red-coat's uniform). The leather was usually tooled in Celtic patterns. Some targes had a lethal spike screwed into the central boss.

Although not based on any specific original, this strongly made targe of the Targemaker's own design is fairly typical of those carried by the Jacobite clansmen at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. This is the one for battle re-enactments, or rebellions!

Fighting Targe. ONLY £150.00