Allegedly, the only surviving war elephant armour in the world, made in India in the late 16th century, currently at Leeds Armouries. - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

560

Allegedly, the only surviving war elephant armour in the world, made in India in the late 16th century, currently at Leeds Armouries.

18d 6h ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/SnokenKeekaGuard in visualarts@lemmy.dbzer0.com from media.piefed.social

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/1598705/allegedly-the-only-surviving-war-elephant-armour-in-the-world-made-in-india-in-the-late

https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-1761

FUN FACT: The Toy Dolls were so moved, they recorded a loverly tribute song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7tPikH0UA