Okay, found the cite ... Tower Armouries. Thanks to Google Books: Oriental Armour by H. Russell Robinson.
Page 103: "In the Tower Armouries there is an armour of the type just described which has become associated with the Burmese general Maha Bandula, who died at the Battle of Donabyu in 1825 - an unlikely story, for which there is no supporting evidence. Another variant of this studded armour is a short- skirted coat, opening in the front, with a series of rectangular plats attached vertically to the upper par - one on each breast, one under each arm and two at the back. An example in the Tower Armouries has applied gilt borders to the plates instead of gold damascene (Pl. XIV, C) The Rajputs called these armours chibal'ta bazar masha ('coat of a thousand nails')."
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