1st Century Germanic Shield Boss

[madoc]

This is probably the best place to ask this.

I'm wondering how Germanic shields were held, whether they had a "Roman" grip or a "Viking" grip, Horizontal or Vertical? Just wondering. :mrgreen:

Round shields, as pointed out, it doesn't really matter.
With assymetric shields (ovals, rectangles, hexagonal etc etc) then the grips are usually held horizontally. There are exceptions; I can think of the doncaster shield and one from Hjortspring, for example.

Thanks for boss advice everyone.
Just had a quote for 37 euro PLUS 25 euro postage for one (and a long wait) which is too much - especially as I have a jelling dragon carinated and a plain hemispherical one. Maybe I should just plump for the plain hemisphere ...... :?