this. Some targes, usually those actually used in battle, had their backs covered in a piece of red cloth taken from the uniform of a British soldier (a "Redcoat") that the owner had killed in battle. Although all the old targes show signs of handles and arm straps, of various designs including centre-grips, there is very little evidence to indicate that there was any guige strap for carrying the targe over the shoulder. See also Buckler References External links Highland targes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries log-in required Medieval shields Military of Scotland