Infobox Military Award name DemyanskShield image Image Demjanskschild.jpg 150px caption awarded by Nazi Germany type Badge eligibility Military personnel for campaign World War II battles of the Demyansk Pocket status description clasps established 25 April 1943 first award last award total approximately 100,000 posthumous recipients individual higher same lower related image2 caption2 DemyanskShield lang de rmelschild Demjansk is a German military award instituted on April 25, 1943 to commemorate troops who fought in the Demyansk pocket . Requirements for Wehrmacht Heer and auxiliary units included honorable service in the besieged area for 60 days or wound or frost bite in the besieged area, for Luftwaffe 50 combat or supply missions over the besieged and surrounding area. The shield was die struck and produced in silver washed zinc and later in plain zinc. Two variations of the aircraft s propeller under the swords exist, as some shields show it curved while others show it straight. The shield was authorized by Adolf Hitler and was to be worn on the upper sleeve of the left shoulder of uniform. For civil clothes the version of a pin like shield has been stipulated. The award ceased to be presented on April 1 or July 4, 1944. Each recipient was entitled to five copies of the shield, and in case of death, a single shield and an entitlement certificate was presented to the next of kin. It s estimated that over 100,000 Demyansk shields were presented. unreferenced date February 2008 Category Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany Category Military awards and decorations of Germany Wehrmacht cs D mjansk t t de Demjanskschild fr Plaque de bras Demiansk ru sl Kampanjski it Demjansk sr ... more details
Coord 57 38 41 N 32 27 53 E region RU type city 5,825 display title File Demyansk.jpg thumb right 25 go Oktyabrya Street in Demyansk Demyansk lang ru is an types of inhabited localities in Russia urban locality an urban type settlement and the administrative center of Demyansky District of Novgorod Oblast , Russia , located along the Yavon River . Population ru census p2010 prelim 5,365 p2002 5,825 p1989 5,999 It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1406. The settlement was a place for the Demyansk Pocket Battle of Demyansk during World War II in 1942. References Reflist Category Urban type settlements in Novgorod Oblast NovgorodOblast geo stub de Demjansk es Demiansk fr Demiansk ko it Demjansk ja pl Diemia sk ru sr fi Demjansk zh ... more details
More footnotes date October 2008 Infobox military conflict conflict Demyansk Pocket partof World War II image Image Bundesarchiv Bild 101I 003 3445 33, Russland, Lufttransport mit Junkers Ju 52.jpg 300px date 8 February 1942 March 1942 place Demyansk , Russia result German defensive success combatant1 flagcountry Nazi Germany combatant2 flag Soviet Union 1923 commander1 flagicon Nazi Germany Walter von Brockdorff Ahlefeldt br flagicon Nazi Germany Walther von Seydlitz Kurzbach commander2 flagicon ... 1941 1944 The Demyansk Pocket lang de Festung Demjansk or Kessel von Demjansk lang ru was the name given for the encirclement of Wehrmacht German troops by the Red Army around Demyansk ... of Moscow . Encirclement The encirclement began as the Demyansk Offensive Operation, the first phase ... , commander of Northwestern Front . The intention was to sever the link between the German Demyansk ... pincer Demyansk Offensive Operation between 7 January and 20 May, which encircled the German .... The pocket contained two fairly capable airfields at Demyansk and Peski . From the middle of February ... that formed the tenuous link between Demyansk and Staraya Russa through the Ramushevo village that were ... forces near Demyansk, 21 March 1942. On 21 March 1942, German forces under the command of Generalleutnant ... abandonment of Demyansk in May, the two pockets including Kholm received convert 65000 ST t abbr ... 1943. The Soviets did not liberate Demyansk until 1 March 1943, with the retreat of the German troops ... a single corps about of an army with about six divisions was encircled in Demyansk, in Stalingrad, an entire and greatly reinforced army was trapped. Whereas the Demyansk and Kholm pockets together ... es Bolsa de Demyansk fr Poche de Demiansk id Kantong Demyansk it Sacca di Demjansk hu Gyemjanszki katlancsat k ja pl Bitwa pod Diemia skiem ru 1942 sr tr Demyansk Cebi vi Chi n d ch Demyansk 1942 zh ... more details
For the Amalgam Comics version of S.H.I.E.L.D.S.H.I.E.L.D. Amalgam Comics pp move indef Infobox comics organization Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image MarvelShield.jpg caption Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. ... y base The Helicarrier owners employees fullroster List of S.H.I.E.L.D. members cat intelligence agencies subcat Marvel Comics sortkey S.H.I.E.L.D.S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage and a secret military ... movie chapter End credits . ref Publication history S.H.I.E.L.D. s introduction in the originally launched Strange Tales feature Nick Fury Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. occurred during a List of fictional ... characters from the Sgt. Fury series reappeared as agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., most notably Dum Dum Dugan ... of S.H.I.E.L.D. Cover art by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia . S.H.I.E.L.D. was presented as an extant ... paperback comics trade paperback collection Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Who Is Scorpio? Marvel ... issues 1 3 and 5, and drew the covers of 1 7. New S.H.I.E.L.D. stories would not appear for nearly two decades after the first solo title. A six issue miniseries , Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. June Nov. 1988 was followed by Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. official title per postal indicia, per GCD ... Affair , in which many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were replaced with Life Model Decoy androids in a takeover ... Chaykin and penciler Corky Lehmkuhl produced the four issue miniseries Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. April ... War Oct. 2001 . Fictional history S.H.I.E.L.D. was created by Nicholas Joseph Fury after the end ... director the agency s second marked his first knowledge of S.H.I.E.L.D. s existence. Image ... with the United States government. Later, S.H.I.E.L.D. was depicted as under the jurisdiction of the United ..., S.H.I.E.L.D. has been inconsistently portrayed as under U.S., rather than U.N., control, possibly ... explains S.H.I.E.L.D. s inaction during an incident of genocide by stating that it did not occur ... Godzilla roamed the United States, S.H.I.E.L.D. formed a subunit, the Godzilla Squad to hunt the creature ... more details
A shield is a type of personal armor , meant to intercept attacks, either by stopping projectiles such as arrow s or redirecting a hit from a sword , mace club mace or battle axe to the side of the shield ... tops on a rectangular base with perhaps an eyehole inserted. The shield was held by a central ... slinger . Right hoplite s. Left hoplite s shield has a curtain which serves as a protection from arrows. The oldest form of shield was a protection device designed to block attacks by hand weapon s, such as swords ... Shield Battersea shield . The shield was used to make the Greek Phalanx formation . Size and weight ... two types of shields the figure eight or fiddle shield, and a rectangular type, the tower shield, curved ... hide completely behind his shield. The Ancient Greek hoplites used a round, bowl shaped wooden shield ... s in Danish bogs. The heavily armored Roman legionaries carried large shields scutum shield scuta ... ancient shield designs featured incuts of one sort of another. This was done to accommodate the shaft of a spear, thus facilitating tactics requiring the soldiers to stand close together forming a Shield ... courtier dressed in floral robes facing left and carrying weapons and a black shield. In the early ... typical. Over time, these were displaced by the kite shield , which was rounded at the top and tapered at the bottom. This gave protection to the user s legs, without adding to the total weight of the shield ... became smaller, leading to the familiar heater shield style. Both kite and heater style shields ... inspired the shape of the symbolic heraldic shield that is still used today. Eventually, specialised ... Hadesign.co.uk date accessdate 2008 12 26 ref . The buckler is a small round shield, typically between 8 and 16  inches 20 40 centimeters in diameter. The buckler was one of very few types of shield ... continued in use well into the 16th Century. In Italy, the targe targa , parma shield parma and rotella shield rotella were utilized by common people, fencers and even knights. The development of plate ... more details
about the Archie Comics superhero Shield Archie Comics other uses Shield disambiguation Infobox television show name The Shield image File TheShieldTitle.JPG 250px genre Crime drama creator Shawn Ryan ... States language English num seasons 7 num episodes 88 list episodes List of The Shield episodes ... 2002 3 12 last aired End date 2008 11 25 The Shield is an United States American television drama ... publisher American Film Institute year 2008 ref Premise The Shield is about an experimental division ... early promotional ads for the series. ref cite web url http usf.usfca.edu pj shield grant.htm title The Shield first Judith last Grant date May 22, 2002 accessdate February 24, 2007 publisher Picturing ... led to near catastrophe for the group. The Shield has a variety of subplots, notably David Aceveda s political ... between characters on The Shield involve one using leverage over the other, as well as each person ... him be mauled by a police dog before calling the dog off. Series overview main List of The Shield ... down in the season finale. ref cite news title The Shield The Complete Second Season publisher PopMatters first Cynthia last Fuchs date February 2, 2004 url http www.popmatters.com pm review shield season ... 15, 2004, consisting of 15 episodes. ref cite news title The Shield Season 3 Premiere first Cynthia last Fuchs publisher PopMatters date March 9, 2004 url http www.popmatters.com pm review shield ... to Captain of the Farmington District that she had been promised. ref cite news title The Shield Season ... pm review shield season 3 dvd accessdate March 16, 2010 ref Season 4 Season 4 premiered on March .... ref cite news title The Shield Season 4 first Cynthia last Fuchs publisher Pop Matters date January 23, 2006 url http www.popmatters.com pm review shield season 4 dvd accessdate March 16, 2010 ... cite news title The Shield The Detective & the Lieutenant first Quentin B. last Huff publisher PopMatters date May 9, 2007 url http www.popmatters.com pm feature the shield the detective the lieutenant ... more details
Blue Shield may refer to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association International Committee of the Blue Shield Blue Shield comics , a Marvel Comics Superhero disambig ... more details
Water shield may refer to following aquatic plants Brasenia Brasenia schreberi water shield Cabombaceae Cabomba caroliniana fanwort Carolina water shield disambig ... more details
Shield is a surname. Notable people with this surname include George Shield 1876 1935 , British Labour Party politician Hugh Shield 1831 1903 , English academic, barrister and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885 Ian Shield 1914 2005 , English cricketer Jeff Shield 1953 2009 , Australian professional rugby league player Joe Shield , former quarterback in the National Football League Leroy Shield 1893 1962 , American film score and radio composer Little Shield died 1879 , chieftain of the Northern Cheyenne from 1865 1879 Mark Shield born 1973 , former Australian Football referee Pretty Shield 1856 1944 , medicine woman of the Crow Nation William Shield 1748 1829 , English composer, violinist and violist surname Shield ... more details
wiktionary shield shielding A shield is a hand held protective device meant to intercept attacks. Shield may also refer to TOCright People Shield surname Forms of protection From attack Riot shield , used by police forces around the world for crowd control purposes Human shield , the use of civilians to deter an attack in warfare From radiation Cold shield , used to protect an object from radiative ... Shielded cable , electrical conductors enclosed by a conductive layer Radiation shield , protection ... Dalkon Shield , a contraceptive intrauterine device IUD Heat shield , which protects a spacecraft or ballistic missile Tunnelling shield , used in excavation through soft soil Geography and geology Shield Nunatak , a prominent nunatak in Antarctica Shield geology , a large area of exposed rocks that is tectonically stable Entertainment and fiction Shield , a 1963 science fiction novel by Poul Anderson The Shield , a television police drama The Shield video game The Shield video game , based on the television series S.H.I.E.L.D. , a fictional agency in the Marvel comics universe Shield Archie Comics , one of several fictional patriotic superheroes Shield Artemis Fowl , in the Artemis Fowl novel series, a magical ability possessed by fairies Scyld Scefing or Shield Sheafson , a legendary Danish king in the epic poem Beowulf Shield song Shield song , a song by Deep Purple on the album The Book of Taliesyn Sports Baskerville Shield , a trophy awarded to the winner of rugby league test series between Great Britain and New Zealand County Antrim Shield , a Northern Irish football competition County Championship Shield , formed in 2008 and originally played for by second tier teams in the RFU County Championship FA Community Shield , a British soccer trophy IFA Shield , an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association Indonesian Community Shield , a pre season football competition held the week before the season begins in Indonesia every year Istanbul Shield ... more details
Shield , in comics , may refer to S.H.I.E.L.D. , the Marvel Comics organization Shield Archie Comics , a number of characters who appeared in Archie and Impact Comics publications The Shield Spotlight , a comic book adaptation of the TV series and published by IDW Publishing ref comicbookdb type title id 8048 title The Shield Spotlight ref S.H.I.E.L.D. comic book S.H.I.E.L.D. comic book , a Marvel Comics ongoing series by Jonathan Hickman See also Captain America s shield , the main weapon of Captain America Blue Shield comics , a Marvel Comics superhero Deathshield, a Marvel Comics supervillain, trained by the Taskmaster to be the Captain America equivalent in an evil version of the Avengers ref comicbookdb type character id 13610 title Deathshield ref Eyeshield 21 , a manga distributed in North America by Viz Comics Heavenshield , an OEL manga from Tokyopop ref comicbookdb type title id 18441 title Heavenshield ref References Reflist SIA comics ... more details
Sword and shield can refer to Fencing with sword and shield Viking Age arms and armour Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 Society for Creative Anachronism The Shield and the Sword , a song by British singer songwriter Clare Maguire The emblem of the KGB Soviet intelligence agency , and also its successor, Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation disambig ... more details
Nipple shield may refer to Nipple shield jewelry , a type of body jewelry Nipple shield breastfeeding , a temporary protective sheath worn during breastfeeding See also Breast shell s, which protect nipples from being flattened in preparation for breastfeeding Pasties , a nipple covering for fashion purposes disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Daddry Shield, Weardale.jpg thumb Daddry Shield and surrounds Daddry Shield is a village in County Durham , in England . It is situated on the south side of the River Wear in Weardale , a short distance from St John s Chapel, County Durham St John s Chapel . Coord 54.7359 2.1650 display title region GB DUR type city Category Villages in County Durham Durham geo stub pl Daddry Shield ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A shield bearer was usually a lightly armored soldier who often accompanied a soldier of a higher rank with a protective shield. Thus commanders were often protected by several shield bearers. Other examples are range weapon soldiers with shield bearers such as archers Hittites Hittite chariot archers , Sparabara s, crossbow men pavise or early gunners Hussite Wars . In the Greek army, shield bearers armed with swords fought alongside phalanx formation phalanxes to protect their unguarded left flank Citation needed date February 2007 . Greek shield bearers were unarmored except for a helmet Citation needed date February 2007 , and carried a shield and sword Citation needed date February 2007 or in some cases, a spear instead . The Sparta n hoplite s developed larger hoplite shields when the Ancient Macedonian military Macedonian phalanx Macedonian phalanx came up. A shield bearer carried it on the march. In combat he served among the light armed troops, usually as slinger. DEFAULTSORT Shield Bearer Category Military units and formations of the Ancient era Category Ancient Greek infantry divisions Category Military units and formations of ancient Greece pl Tarczownik ... more details
Image Langobard Shield Boss 7th Century.jpg right thumb 250px A Lombards Lombard shield boss from northern Italy, 7th century Metropolitan Museum of Art A shield boss , or umbo , is a round, wikt convex convex or conical piece of material at the centre of a shield . Shield bosses or sometimes, just bosses are usually made of thick metal but could also be made of wood. The boss was originally designed to deflect blows from the centre of round shields, though they also provided a place to mount the shield s grip. As time went on and heater shield s with curved bodies became more popular, and enarmes superseded the bar grip, the boss became more of an ornamental piece. Often, bosses are not present on non circular shields due to the differences in technique with a round shield, one makes a Punch strike punch ing motion towards an oncoming blow, while with a heater shield heater or kite shield , attacks are blocked by pivoting the shield about the body. A boss provides a significant advantage for deflecting blows when using a punching motion, but is not very effective when using a pivot to block an attack. Manufacture In medieval times, shield bosses were made by armourers out of sheets of iron or steel. The armourer started with a flat, relatively thin sheet and Sinking metalworking sank the metal into a bowl, which might then be planishing planished and polishing buffed . References Unreferenced date March 2007 See also Phalera harness External links http www.arador.com construction shieldboss.html Arador Armour Library article on construction of a shield boss Category Medieval shields medieval armour stub de Schildbuckel it Umbone arma lt Antskydis ru ... more details
orphan date April 2008 Aluma Shield is a company that makes Prefabricated buildings prefabricated metal buildings , and is based in DeLand, Florida . External links http www.alumashield.com Aluma Shield Category Companies based in Florida US manufacturing company stub ... more details
for the EP by The Orb and Meat Beat Manifesto Battersea Shield EP infobox artefact name Battersea Shield image File British Museum Battersea Shield.jpg 220px alt bronze shield image caption On display in the British Museum material Bronze size Length 77.7 cm br Width 34.1 35.7 cm br Weight 3.4 kg writing created British Iron Age Iron Age , c.350 50 BC place River Thames , London location Room 50, British Museum , London id registration British Museum db 1857,0715.1 id 831341 The Battersea Shield is one of the most significant pieces of ancient Celtic military equipment found in Britain. It is a sheet bronze covering of a now vanished wooden shield decorated in La T ne style . The shield is on display in the British Museum , while a replica is housed in the Museum of London . History The Battersea Shield probably dates from the 1st century BC or early 1st century AD, though an earlier date is possible, and dates from as early as 350 BC have been suggested. It was dredged from the bed of the River Thames in London in 1857, during excavations for the predecessor of Chelsea Bridge in the same area workers found large quantities of Roman military personal equipment Roman and Celtic warfare Celtic weapons and skeletons in the riverbed, leading many historians to conclude that the area was the site ... invasion of Britain . Description The Battersea Shield is decorated with repouss decoration and vitreous ... and spirals. As a decorative piece it would not have been an effective shield in combat. As it shows no signs of battle damage, it is believed that the shield was cast into the river as a votive offering and was never used in battle. The metal plate of the shield that remains would have been fixed onto a plain, round wooden shield behind it. References Stead, Ian Mathieson 1985 , The Battersea Shield , British Museum Publications , ISBN 0714113751. See also Witham Shield Wandsworth Shield Waterloo ... shield.aspx British Museum the Battersea shield highlights page British Museum Category ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 A clit shield is a body piercing used as a chastity device which covers the clitoris and, at least in theory, stops it from receiving direct stimulation, by acting essentially as a metal clitoral hood. However, because the shield is held in place by piercings usually horizontal hood piercing , indirect stimulation will still take place. External links BME Encyclopedia http wiki.bmezine.com index.php Clit Shield Category Female genital piercings bdsm stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2008 Context date October 2009 File Ukraine geology.png thumb 250px legend FCF463 1. Ukrainian Shield The Ukrainian Shield is the southwest shield geology shield of the East European craton . The Ukrainian Shield and the Voronezh Massif consist of 3.2 3.8 Gya Ga Archaean crust in the southwest and east, and 2.3 2.1 Ga Proterozoic Early Proterozoic Orogeny orogenic belts . Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages coord missing Ukraine Category Geography of Ukraine Category Geology of Ukraine Category Geomorphology Ukraine geo stub Geology stub de Ukrainischer Schild it Scudo ucraino hu Ukr n pajzs nl Oekra ens Schild ja pl Tarcza ukrai ska ru uk ... more details
World geologic provinces A shield is generally a large area of exposed Precambrian crystalline Igneous ... shield was originally translated from German Schild by H. B. C. Sollas in Eduard Suess Eduard Suess s Face of Earth in 1901. A shield is that part of the wikt continental Adjective continental crust ... platform. By contrast, in a platform geology platform the shield, more accurately referred to then as the crystalline ..., the shield, platform and basement are the parts that comprise the stable interior portion of the continental crust known as the craton . The margins surrounding a shield generally constitute ... few hundred million years. For example, the Ural Mountains to the west of the Angaran Shield, are atop the mobile zone that separates the shield from the Baltic Shield. Similarly, the Himalayas are on the mobile boundary between the Angaran Shield Angaran and Indian Shield Indian shields. Shield margins ... shields occur on all continents, for example The Canadian Shield forms the nucleus of North ... Canada eastward across to include most of Greenland . The Amazonian Shield Amazonian Brazilian Shield on the eastern bulge portion of South America . Bordering this is the Guiana Shield to the north, and the Platian Shield to the south. The Baltic Shield Baltic Fennoscandian Shield is located in eastern Norway, Finland and Sweden. The African Shield African Ethiopian Shield is located in Africa. The Australian Shield occupies most of the western half of Australia. The Arabian Nubian Shield on the western edge of Arabia. The Eastern Antarctic Craton Antarctic Shield . In Asia, an area in China and North Korea is sometimes referred to as the North China Craton China Korean Shield . The Angaran Shield , as it is sometimes called, is bounded by the Yenisey River on the west, the Lena River on the east, the Arctic Ocean on the north, and Lake Baikal on the south. The Indian Shield occupies ... reflist spacing Unreferenced date December 2009 DEFAULTSORT Shield Geology Category Cratons Category ... more details
Infobox pigeonbreed name Saxon Shield image Saxon shield, muffed, shell crest red .jpg imagecaption A Saxon Shield status Common altname country Saxony nickname group crest feather note The Saxon Shield is a breed of fancy pigeon . Saxon Shields, along with other varieties of Domestic pigeon domesticated pigeons , are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon Columba livia . Appearance The Saxon Shield comes in many colors including Black, blue, red and yellow with white bars or spangles. Blue with black bars or barless. Blue check or silver check. Origin The Saxon Shield originated in Saxony See also List of pigeon breeds Saxon Spot Saxon Monk External links Saxon Shield Standard http www.azpigeonclub.org bird standards saxon shield.htm Category Domesticated pigeon breeds Category Domesticated pigeon breeds originating in Germany Domesticated pigeon breed stub de S chsische Schildtaube pl Sakso ski tarczowy ... more details
File Geoffrey of Anjou Monument.jpg thumb 200px Norman style kite shield shown in the enamel tomb effigy of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou d.1151 at Le Mans A kite shield was a distinct type of shield from the 10th 12th centuries. It was either a reverse teardrop shape or later on, flat topped. The tapering point extended down to either a distinct or rounded point. Believed to be an evolution of the simple round shield purely to guard one whole flank of a rider when in combat, the shield gained popularity amongst professional soldiers as it allowed them to guard their foreleg when in a m l e. It was either flat in section, or featured a gradual curve, to better fit the contour of the human torso, much in the style of a scutum. The shield is most closely associated with the Normans, who were one of the first cultures to use it widely, and can be seen throughout the Bayeux Tapestry. The kite shield was an evolution in the development of shields, representing a change in the popular circular shape which had been dominant in Europe since at least 500 AD. The shield was still in widespread use throughout the 12th century, and is illustrated in art such as on the small Carlton in Lindrick knight figurine, but began to be phased out at the end of that century, and had largely disappeared by the 14th .... Modifications to the kite shield occurred gradually, the top first being truncated, then the tail shortened and the resultant smaller shield that developed is referred to as a heater shield. The kite shield predominantly features enarmes, leather straps used to grip the shield tight to the arm ... to have been a matter of preference which was used. The shield sometimes featured a boss, a large ... featured no boss, and this was also a matter of preference. The shield was usually made from stout ... shield by about 1250. Category Shields de Normannenschild hu Normann pajzs ru simple Kite shield sk Mand ov t t ... more details
Joe Shield is a former quarterback in the National Football League . Biography Shield was born Joseph Michael Shield on June 26, 1962 in Brattleboro, Vermont . ref http www.pro football reference.com players S ShieJo20.htm ref Career Shield was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eleventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft and was a member of the team for two seasons. He played at the collegiate level at Trinity College, Hartford Trinity College . ref http www.nfl.com players joeshield profile?id SHI075506 ref See also List of Green Bay Packers players References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Shield, Joe ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Shield, Joe Category People from Windham County, Vermont Category Green Bay Packers players Category American football quarterbacks Category Trinity College, Hartford alumni Category Living people ... more details