Artifact
Turban helmet, Wallace Collection OA1769
A gold-decorated helmet of a rare type, possibly made for an elite brigade of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army.[Arch]
- Date
- 1825-1850
- Held by
- The Wallace Collection
- Location
- London
- Provenance
- Documented
- Status: Held
- The Wallace Collection's own page (read 5 November 2026) gives number OA1769 and describes it, probably from Lahore. Whether it is now on display was not confirmed.
The museum cites an 1831 report of General Allard's troops wearing steel helmets shaped like a Sikh turban. It names further examples in the Royal Armouries, the Louvre and the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum, Amritsar.