The Scorpion Solo Shield. The company who manufacture the shields, which are a form of personal protection equipment and have been sold legally to a US distributor, is DMS Plastics.

THE RETURN: The Shield of Magdala, was looted by British forces during the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Pic Credit: Alula Pankhurst.

Ethiopia has sent a formal request to cancel an auction of a shield looted from Maqdala by British armed forces in 1868. The auction house Anderson & Garland did not detail the item's provenance.