On shield duty for a bit now! Hoobiyee Vancouver is coming up on Feb 28 & March 1st 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 I’ll have a table and will be selling—come by and check out the copper! 🧡⚒️

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This type of shield was used by Father Thunder's followers during the God War, and Father Thunder was known to say, "Justice is the shield of the people," so the two became connected. Trinity city's justice ministers carry shield-shaped copper badges, and are colloquially known as Coppershields.