india armor for identification

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by weapons 27

When I found this armor, it was completely rusted (see inside the helmet, and yet I cleaned it) there was inside the helmet, char aina, and the arm protection of tissue remains, which were stuck, I have could not preserved these remains to be able to cleaned the armor and the protected, the tissue was completely loose.in my opinion I think more armor of quality child medium...

It is always a good idea to photograph an item before cleaning as there may be clues to its age etc.. By tissue do you mean cloth? Was it glued in or sewn to the metal. Unfortunately there is not a data base of images to draw from and I am not exactly sure how linings on a char aina were attached, I know some seem to be sewn in place through small holes around the edges and possibly glued down also but other char aina do not have these holes and the cloth lining may have been only glued in place. I do have a lot of images saved on my computer. I think you have to look at your armor items as individual items that may have been put together as there is not a decorative element in common as you would expect from a matching set.

I did find a char aina that looks a lot like yours, it is hinged and edged like yours and has no decoration, and I found one more that was hinged like yours but has scalloped edges and holes for sewing a lining in place.

Can you take better photos of the dastana, are there any small holes around the edges?

On the top of your helmet, how is the piece on the top attached, is it riveted, I can not tell from the images, is the bowl all one piece?

More detained images of the hinges and buckles would be helpful as well.

[weapons 27]

I made new photos in the day

[weapons 27]

the top of the helmet is riveted, see picture.
the helmet is in one piece...
so the tissue or cloth was pasted, see the picture of the fragment I retrieved.
dastana there are small holes has different places...and chain mail is 6 mm in diameter

[weapons 27]

char aina

[estcrh]

Those images are better, the char aina and the dastana look much older close up. I have measurements of an adult dastana that are like yours but with decorations, they are 12.5 in (31.75 cm) long and 3 in (7.62 cm) across the wrist, how does that compare to yours?

[weapons 27]

has something ready the sizes match. I think that the men at that time were small enough!

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

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