The ornaments and furniture were of the most costly kind; the king's bow and buckler were of gold; his very whip intertwined with gold; the queen had golden diadems, necklace and breast-jewels, and at her feet lay a golden vase.
They carried double-edged swords and short daggers for use hand to hand, the steel of which was hardened b y being buried underground; their defensive armour was a light Gallic shield or a round wicker buckler, and greaves of felt round their legs.
The fens are home to the nationally rare crested buckler fern.
The Republic was never, indeed, the "Buckler of Christendom."
This fascinating exhibition can be seen as part of a visit to Buckler 's Hard and includes the artists sketchbook 's.