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Native American Decorative Axe w. plaque

Our Price: $35.00
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This Native American axe is 16" overall. Black stainless steel blade with native American art prints. Wood handle with feathers. It comes with a wood wall plaque.

El-Cid Spanish Shield ( Painted )

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This is the reproduction shield of Armaduras El Cid (Spanish). It's 24" long and 18" wide. All metal construction with bronzed-steel embossing and baked-enamel finishes. It is equipped with chain and mounting bracket on the back. It weighs 7lb.Great quality.

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (Vivar c.1040 �C Valencia, 10 July 1099), known as El Cid Campeador, was a petty Castilian nobleman, then military and political leader who conquered and governed the city of Valencia. Rodrigo Diaz was educated in the royal court of the Castile and became the alf��rez, or chief general, of Alfonso VI, fighting against the Moors in the early Reconquista. Later exiled by the king, El Cid left service in Castile and worked as a mercenary for other rulers, both Moslem and Christian.

The nickname "El Cid Campeador" is a compound of two separate sobriquets. "El Cid" is derived from the word sid in the Andalusi Arabic dialect (from the Arabic sayyid, "sir" or "lord," a title of respect), while the title el campeador (the champion) was granted by his Christian admirers and derives from the Latin campidoctor. These titles reflected the great esteem El Cid had among both Moors and Christians, as well as his fighting ability; Henry Edwards Watts wrote that el campeador "means in Spanish something more special than 'champion'.... A campeador was a man who had fought and beaten the select fighting-man of the opposite side in the presence of the two armies."

El-Cid Spanish Shield ( Non-Painted )

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Knight Templar Shield

Our Price: $99.00
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The Knights Templar Shield is made of 20 gauge steel with a painted finish.It's 24" long, and 17 1/2" wide. Knights Templar Shield features the symbolic red cross design and brass accents. Includes a hanging chain and bracket for mounting a sword behind. Great item.

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Latin: Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Solomonici), popularly known as the Knights Templar, was one of the most famous of the Christian military orders. It existed for about two centuries in the Middle Ages, created in the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096 to ensure the safety of the large numbers of European pilgrims who flowed toward Jerusalem after its conquest.

The Templars were an unusual order in that they were both monks and soldiers, making them in effect some of the earliest "warrior monks" in the Western world. Members of the Order played a key part in many battles of the Crusades, and the Order's infrastructure innovated many financial techniques that could be considered the foundation of modern banking. The Order grew in membership and power throughout Europe, until it ran afoul of King Philip IV of France (Philip the Fair), who caused many of the order's members in France to be tortured into confessions and burned at the stake. Under influence from King Philip, Pope Clement V then forcibly disbanded the order in 1314.

Spartan Shield / 300

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This Spartan shield is 24" in diameter. It's constructed with details using poly resin ( not metal ). The back of the shield features a metal handle and straps. It weighs around 12lb. For decorative use only..Great item..

Alien Axe

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This Alien axe is 20" overall. It features a 9 1/2" long sharp blade, and a push-button detachable 4" blade. Fixed blade on the handle.It comes with a short wall plaque.Great item..

Richard the Lionheart Shield

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This is the reproduction shield of Richard the Lionheart. It's 28" long and 18" wide (top). All metal construction with bronzed-steel embossing and baked-enamel finishes. It is equipped with chain and mounting bracket on the back. It weighs 8lb.Great quality.

Richard I (September 8, 1157 � April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. In his own time, the troubadour Bertran de Born called him Oc-e-Non (Yes-and-No), while some later writers referred to him as Richard the Lionheart, C�ur de Lion, as he is still known in France.

Richard swore an oath to renounce his past wickedness in order to show himself worthy to take the cross. He started to raise a new English crusader army, though most of his warriors were Normans, and supplied it with weapons. He spent most of his father's treasury (filled with money raised by the Saladin tithe), raised taxes, and even agreed to free King William I of Scotland from his oath of subservience to Richard in exchange for 10,000 marks. To raise even more money he sold official positions, rights, and lands to those interested in them. Even those already appointed were forced to pay exorbitant sums to retain their posts. Even William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely and the King's Chancellor, made a show of bidding �3,000 to remain as Chancellor. He was apparently outbid by a man named Reginald the Italian, but his bid was refused. He finally succeeded in raising a huge army and navy.

After repositioning the part of his army he left behind to guard his French possessions, Richard finally started his expedition to the Holy Land in 1190. He appointed as regents Hugh, Bishop of Durham, and William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex, who soon died and was replaced by Richard's chancellor William Longchamp. Richard's brother John was not satisfied by this decision and started scheming against William.