DIY Shield Coloring, Richard I the Lionheart Coat of arms, type 2

Medieval dzen set – great from the youngest age. What could be cooler than painting King Richard the Lionheart coat of arms? 

Set includes:

1. fully-ready plywood shield with blazon's outline,
2. quality acrylic paints,
3. professional brushes,
4. leather handle for self-installation,
5. do-it-yourself picture instruction.

Size of shield is 45 cm x 36,5 cm (17,7 in x 14,3 in).

All you need is to paint coat of arms. A bit of medieval fun.

Recommended age - from 6 to 150 years old :)

Gules, two lions combatant or armed and langued azure

Coat of arms of House of Plantagenet. 

When Richard was first crowned in 1189, it wasn't all clear with his accession. During Henry's II sons revolt against him, Richard's elder brother Henry the Young King was crowned (yep, during their father's reign), but died six years before Henry II. In 1189, Richard finally defeated his father and was called his heir apparent. Henry II died in two days...

Richard finally became a king. But he wasn’t his father’s first son so he received not a whole coat of arms, but two lions standing opposite each other. One of these lions is pictured on his First Great Seal (actually, it is debated whether it represented two lions combatant or a single lion). Two golden lions combatants proudly stand one opposite another on a red shield looking sternly into each other's eyes. Lions’ tongues and claws are azure.

It was a coat of arms Richard became famous as Lionheart with somewhere between 1194-1198 – as a knight, crusader, and victor over Saladin (he didn’t actually win ;) ).