Hand-crafted original
Lord of Leipa Shield
Created for fans of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance series, the Lord of Leipa Shield reproduces the arms of the real Páni z Lipé — the Lords of Leipa, a leading branch of Bohemia’s Ronovci dynasty, whose founder Chval of Lipá raised Leipa Castle in the 13th century. Under Jindřich I of Lipá the family became the second most powerful house in the kingdom, holding the offices of Marshal and provincial Hetman of Bohemia. The black crossed boughs on gold carry that history in a bold, unmistakable heraldic composition, true to early 15th-century Bohemian style.
Built from two-layer birch plywood, this shield is shaped for durability while remaining well balanced in the hand. The face is covered in linen and hand-painted with the Leipa device in black against a vivid yellow field. The reverse is lined with linen and fitted with two straps: one forming the hand grip and the other securing the arm in use. The leather-bound rim gives the piece a clean and durable finish. Every detail is executed without compromise for speed of production.
The device is drawn as two crossed boughs — in heraldry called ostrve, stripped and snagged where branches were broken away — rendered stark black against a field of unbroken yellow. This is the real coat of arms of the Lords of Leipa (Páni z Lipé), a leading branch of the Ronovci, one of Bohemia’s oldest noble dynasties, who took their name from Leipa Castle, raised by their ancestor Chval of Lipá in the 13th century. Where most charges reach for the language of beasts or blades, this one reaches for the woodland itself — a mark less concerned with menace than with plain, unmistakable identity.
Such a device suited a family whose most famous lord, Jindřich I of Lipá, needed no embellishment to be recognized: for a time the second most powerful man in the Bohemian kingdom, holding the offices of Marshal and provincial Hetman under the Luxembourg kings. The stark cross of black on gold carries none of the flourish of rampant beasts — it is a mark for a man who leads by clarity rather than display, whose authority rests on being known rather than admired.
Shaped for durability and finished in linen and hand-painted black against vivid yellow, the Lord of Leipa Shield carries its identity plainly, without excess. It is a piece for those who understand that the simplest mark, held with conviction, can outlast the most elaborate one.
