Spartan helmet Bronze Desk Presse Papier - Paperweight - Spartans warrior shield

" With it or on it " Spartan mothers said it while giving their sons shields before their first battle. It would not be unusual for a man to go to battle equipped in his fathers and grandfathers shield. This added even more weight to their commitment to fight, to drop your ancestral weapons and shield and run would be seen as a disgrace on multiple levels. "With it or on it." Spartan mothers said it while giving their sons shields before their first battle. With it = victorious hero, on it = fallen hero, without it = coward.  

All our bronze items, are cast in Greece, using the traditional 'lost wax' method. As nothing is mass-produced, there will inevitably be slight variations in patination and coloring. Each piece is, therefore, unique.