Kite shield (Accepted); round shield (Period)

Escutcheon (Period)

A shield is a piece of defensive armor, generally carried in one hand, freeing the other hand for a sword.  As an heraldic charge, the most common form of shield is the escutcheon or heater shield.

Another type is the “buckler” or round shield; also called a “targe” or “target”, it’s found as an heraldic charge as early as 1312, in the arms of Bosun [ANA2 359].

Madu (Probable SFPP)

Other types of shield found in Society heraldry include the “madu” or “madhu”, an Indian shield with horns projecting from either side [Stone 423]; the “kite shield”, depicted in this form in the Bayeux Tapestry, c.1070; and the “shield of David”, another name for the star of David.  See also roundel.

Edwin Bersark bears:  Gules, a roundel so drawn as to represent a round shield battered in long and honorable service argent.

Umbar in Harchiral Dandachi bears:  Argent, chaussé ployé cotised and in chief a kindjal dagger palewise inverted sable surmounted by a madu shield fesswise gules.