While I am not sure what led this to happen, I have found that leaving and rejoining the world does not seem to do anything. Furthermore, it seems that crouching while the shield is not in your off-hand plays no animation when I believe it should.
Update: It seems that restarting the game does not fix this issue.
Update Two: The bugged animation does not always play, although it does the majority of the time.
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MCPE-116703 Shield activation animation in first person on main hand is missing
- Resolved
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MCPE-116736 Shield appears to be bigger, darker, and offset
- Resolved