這套印度戰馬與戰士盔甲非常罕見與珍貴。戰馬盔甲製造於十六或十七世紀，是在戰馬披掛的襯墊上面，再用手工大量縫上重疊的小金屬片作為防禦工具，是一種鱗片式的盔甲；同時期印度大象用的盔甲也是相同的製作方法。除了本館公開展示之外，目前僅知另有一件同類型的戰馬盔甲，全部用金屬打造而成，但屬於私人收藏品，並不對外展示。

這件戰士盔甲是在1691年獻給當時印度蒙兀兒帝國的將軍辛格 (Anup Singh, 1669-1698) 的戰甲。它結合了兩種製作形式，由許多小鏈環組合而成的鏈甲 (mail) 以及用金屬片打造的板甲。這件盔甲非常稀有，與美國大都會博物館 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 館藏中另一件盔甲擁有相似的銘文，是目前現存有年代紀錄最早的印度盔甲之一。尤其它的造型很類似在1560-1630年使用的其他盔甲，因此製造日期可能比紀錄上獻給辛格的年份還要更早。

This very rare Indian horse armour is of 16th or 17th century manufacture. It uses a large number of small overlapping plates that are attached to a padded textile support fitting closely to the horse. This scale armour was also used in the construction of Indian elephant armour of the same period. This is the only known example of its type to be on public exhibition. Only one other all–metal horse armour of this style is in existence, but it is in a private collection.

The armour for the man is dated 1691 and is inscribed to the Mughal general Anup Singh. It is constructed of a mixture of mail (a group of small links fitted together) and plate armour. It is very rare and together with a similar armour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which bears a similar inscription. It is one of the earliest recorded dated Indian armour still existing. It is similar in form to other armours that were in use from 1560–1630, and it is therefore probably older than the date marked on it.