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Originally Posted by TVV

Interestingly enough, it is butted, and not riveted. Would that suggest a more oriental origin?

To me butted mail suggests a later date. Most Indian, Iranian and Turkish mail made before the mid-18th century was rivetted, mail after that was pretty much obsolete and was used mainly for parades which is why it was invariably butted.