Hungarian shield

It was rectangular at the bottom, but the upper edge swept upward forming a curve.

The elongated upper edge was designed to protect the head and neck against sabre cuts.

During the 16th century, the design became popular across much of eastern Europe, among both Christian and Muslim horsemen.

In contrast, the 15th-century German Gladiatoria fechtbuch depicts what it calls ungrischer schilt used by two fencers on foot.

A point is attached to the lower (hand-side) edge, apparently for offensive use, similar to a katar.

A Hungarian-style shield, with helmet, from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Fighting with a Messer and what is described as a "Hungarian shield" in the mid-15th-century German commentary ( Gladiatoria fechtbuch fol. 55r)