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ANTIQUE INDO PERSIAN ISLAMIC MUGHAL EMPIRE HELMET MEDALLIONS CALLIGRAPHY
Original authentic beautiful Mughal Indo Persian Empire Khud battle Helmet . Made of heavy iron hand hammered and hand chisel with beautiful damascened koftgari in floral and creeper design.
A warrior would have worn this helmet he would have been confident of being safeguarded in battle by the writing around the helmet's rim . The inscription from the Islamic KORAN holy book is garbled, however, Yet the presence of Arabic/Islamic writing apparently was thought to be enough to invoke the protective power of God's word.
The entire surface of helmet been decorated with hand chisel flower motifs of mughal pattern and design
Helmet with Sliding nasal guard , Plume Holders & Top Spike. The helmet is covered with blackish patina and pitting.
This Original, authentic,old ,Indo Persian helmet shows only slight wear commensurate with age & use, yet remains in very-nice condition, and will make an excellent addition for your collection, display or memorable gift.Cushion seems to be added at later time and not at the same age as the helmet.
For any other detail relating to it please view all the photographs carefully and judge for yourself , photographs are part of description.
You are welcome to ask .Please view listing for rare antique and armors .
Knowledgeable collectors and buyers are buying my items repeatedly and have offered me testimonials .Just pasting 5 of them as below.
LATEST 1ST. TESTIMONIALS.
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HORSE WAR HELMET /FACE MASK SIDE SHIELDS #380392563118
To:sinature11
From:shibbolt
Sent:01-Jan-12 03:44
Dear sinature11,
the items you sell are quite stunning, only equalled by the service you provide to your customers, the war horse helmet IS magnificent as perscribed ,over 100 years old,great packing fast shipping good communication would recommend you highly, a credit to website, thank you very much.doug ,ont canada. ps,i give you permission to use this as a reference.
– shibbolt
2nd. TESTIMONIAL OF 15TH. OCTOBER 2011
Hello VK,
" Yes" you have my permission to use below message
I've received the 2 horse helmets and they are real masterpieces, they are just stunning and very rare antiques. Both were sent very quickly and received in France in only few days. Both were packed very carefully. All was perfect, i have absolutely nothing wrong to say about this dealer. I recommend him highly to all antiques lovers, his antiques are absolutely amazing.
Marie DUIZIDOU ,
TREMECO , FRANCE
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TESTIMONIAL OF JUNE 2011
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Hi Vk,
Please use the quote from me as you wish:
"Dear Vkjain
Thank you for sending the helmet I purchased from you so quickly. It arrived the other day and I am very happy with it- it is beautiful! Thank you also for packing it so carefully, i was concerned it could get damaged in the post. I shall look forward to making more purchases from you in the future.
Many thanks
Nick Bell . UK
RECENT TESTIMONIAL
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Hello, VK:
"Yes", you have my permission to reprint/forward/duplicate any and all of my emails to you without needing to ask me each time.
I have been VERY PLEASED with the 3 items that I have purchased from you during July-August 2010: (1) the "Pious Fish" (a very well-made, heavy-metal, bronze-artwork, fish-figurine that Shia Muslims used during their commemoration of "Ashura" and the martyrdom of their Imam Hussain — this is a truly remarkable, religious item that belongs in a serious cultural museum.); (2) the "Lilal Helmet" an Indo-Persian helmet with the very scarce 'Lilal' or crescent-moon/star atop the helmet — which is surprisingly very heavy (would very well protect the head during battle) and which has nicely engraved Arabic-text protection-blessing prayers — one of the better helmets that I have seen offered; and (3) the "Lilal Shield", which is a larger-than-usual size, heavy (indicating good sound quality — not a cheap, light-weight, 'tinny' just-for-the-tourist item), with incredibly detailed "hand-chiseling" of Arabic text [whereby the metal surrounding the letters was 'beaten down' to all the text to appear 'up raised'] in numerous places atop the shield, and for images it has 4 very detailed "Lilal" or 'crescent-moon with star' designs atop the shield, [all of this hand chiseling of letters and artwork indicates a very long and arduous work — not something that was easily 'mass-produced' just for the tourist trade].
I am MOST PLEASED with your quick email replies to my inquiries about these items, and your FINE PACKAGING of ensuring that a lot of wrapping materials were used to protect these items during shipment.
I look forward in making future purchases from you.
Sincerely yours,
Bill Garrison
Bellevue, Washington USA
RECENT TESTIMONIAL
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Hi VK :
I thought I'd send you this quick note to say I am very pleased for you
to print, forward, duplicate, any email I send you for any purpose you
feel fit.
I must say I was very sceptic on purchasing any items over the Internet
from such a distance you always hear of bad experiences but dealing
with you has been a revelation you have always been very quick to reply
to my emails regarding both my purchases from you. The tracking system
from FedEx was very good the items left India & 5 days later they were
in my lounge on display. As for the 2 helmets I have purchased from you
both are amazing the engraving is beautiful and the chiseling is first
rate both are very heavy pieces of armor as you can guess I'm very
happy with both of them.
I check the site weekly to see what’s there & when monies are available
I would not hesitate to make future purchases from yourself
cheers for know Mark Duncombe UK
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