Photo Request - Burmese Gen. Maha Bandula's surrendered Armour @ the Tower of London

aiontay · 13th January 2013, 11:30 PM

I won't vouch for the accuracy of this, but the Kachins claim he was a Kachin. They point out that his name isn't Burmese and that Ban Du La (Maha was a title) sounds Kachin. Of course, that has nothing to do with his armor.

David R · 20th January 2013, 12:08 AM

This looks very like a couple of the armours in the Royal Armouries Leeds. Give them a call or an email, they are very friendly and cooperative and will have photo's on file, they don't charge a lot either in my experience. You will also get a better picture, without distortion from the glass of the case.

Nathaniel · 30th January 2013, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by David R

This looks very like a couple of the armours in the Royal Armouries Leeds. Give them a call or an email, they are very friendly and cooperative and will have photo's on file, they don't charge a lot either in my experience. You will also get a better picture, without distortion from the glass of the case.

Great idea David R

I will give it a shot and see what happens and report back!

13th January 2013, 11:30 PM	#1
aiontay Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 88	I won't vouch for the accuracy of this, but the Kachins claim he was a Kachin. They point out that his name isn't Burmese and that Ban Du La (Maha was a title) sounds Kachin. Of course, that has nothing to do with his armor.

20th January 2013, 12:08 AM	#2
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,136	This looks very like a couple of the armours in the Royal Armouries Leeds. Give them a call or an email, they are very friendly and cooperative and will have photo's on file, they don't charge a lot either in my experience. You will also get a better picture, without distortion from the glass of the case.