armour

Rare Set of Sikh Armour to be Restored by Nicola Jordan http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway_messenger/news/rare-set-of-sikh-armour-4731/ A rare set of Sikh armour which has languished in a storage cupboard at the Royal Engineers Museum in Brompton for more than half a century is to be...

This story defines for me my first impressions of Sikhi. It was not Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at that point in time, but a small number of Singhs who were honorable, gentle and centered on rightness, which is the original meaning of dharma. Forgive me. I do not read any hidden messages or open...

The Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham has held a set of Sikh chain armour for over 50 years but it is so frail it has never been on public display. The set of armour including gauntlet, helmet, breast and back plates dates from the mid 1700s. It was given to the museum in 1959 by a member...

Apparently a set of armour inscribed with gurbani, that could have belonged to Dasmesh pita himself is being auctioned by Sothebys on the 9th April. I presume it was looted by the British after the Anglo-Sikh wars. It makes me wonder what other Sikh relics are hidden in private collections...

LUDHIANA: A rare piece of body armour that experts believe belonged to the tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, would be auctioned in one of London's most prestigious auction houses, Sotheby's, next month. Only a few days ago, an untitled work by M F Hussain fetched $ 409,000 during Sotheby's...