This Zulu shield is from the Rorkes Drift battle in 1879. There is a bullet hole in the hide cover.

(composite Rorke’s Drift price)    Zulu Broad head spears, Narrow head spears, Fishing spear, Short spear and mace.

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These Zulu weapons found their way into a Sept of the Bourke family from an attendee of the Battle of Rorke’s drift. The spears along with other Zulu items (such as the shield, marking the warrior was still a virgin) are all offered for a composite price of £30,000. The Battle of Rorke's Drift (1879), also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead, began when a large contingent of Zulu warriors broke off from their main force during the final hour of the British defeat at the day-long Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, diverting 6 miles (9.7 km) to attack Rorke's Drift later that day and continuing into the following day. Just over 150 British and colonial troops defended the station against attacks by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. The massive but piecemeal attacks by the Zulu on Rorke's Drift came very close to defeating the much smaller garrison, but were consistently repelled. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders, along with a number of other decorations and honours.