A MODERN CENTURY SIKH TURBAN HELMET,

the two-stage stepped skull with broad border of chiselled scrolling foliage with scalloped upper edge, finished in gilt, the knot comb decorated to match and with two scalloped extrusions, shallow mail skirt. For similar, earlier example see The Royal Armouries publication Indian Arms and Armour by Richardson and Bennett, page 53.

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