Collections -
Military Campaigns
Abyssinian Campaign, 1868
Material in the museum's collection relating to the Abyssinian
Campaign of 1868
Glass tumbler from King Theodore’s Palace at Magdala.
Accession Number: KO1411/01
Leather wallet containing bullets taken from one of the Abyssinian
soldiers.
Accession Number: KO0229/05
The King’s Own were issued with the new breech-loading Snider Rifle.
Previous rifles were loaded down the muzzle, breech loading was easier
and thus quicker. This example is similar to those used in Abyssinia.
Accession Number: KO1003/19
Horn beaker brought from Magdala by Lieutenant C M Davidson, 1868.
Accession Number: KO
Abyssinian ceremonial iron key given to Colonel Lugard by a priest at
Sir Robert Napier’s farewell conference with Abyssinian Chiefs, 1868.
Accession Number: KO0702/01 Bequeathed by Colonel Lugard
Apsley Pellatt cup designed and engraved for
the officers’ mess after the Abyssinian Campaign by Pellatt & Co., 1869. "Nine medallions depicting the views of Magdala (Abyssinia). It
is said to have taken a year to cut, and was at one time insured for
£2,000." - Colonel L I Cowper, Volume Two, The King's Own The
Story of a Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0199/01
Abyssinian whip
Accession Number: KO0229/03
Abyssinian fly whirl
Accession Number: KO0229/04
Parts of a silver cross taken from Magdala Church, Abyssinia, after the
defeat of Emperor Theodore.
Accession Number: KO0229/09&10
Ring taken from a dead Abyssinian soldier by Lieutenant Borrett.
Accession Number: KO0467/04
Abyssinian women’s bracelets
KO0229/11&12
Abyssinian soldier’s shield
Accession Number: KO1477/001
Spear head
Accession Number: KO0229/18
Leather corn bag
Accession Number: KO0229/19
Coptic parchment strip of St. Mark’s Gospel.
This is a very long item, only the top part is shown here, all parts are
shown on the specific page to the object.
Accession Number: KO0327/01A
Iron manacle removed from an English missionary held captive in Magdala
by Major E W Bray in 1868.
Accession Number: KO0327/03
Two pieces of cloth from the tent of King Theodore.
Accession Number: KO0327/02A-02B
Coptic manuscript, brought back from Abyssinia by General Sir E R P
Woodgate.
Accession Number: KO LIB 136/2
Impression of King Theodore’s state seal
Accession Number: KO0229/16
Silver ornamental necklace
Accession Number: KO0229/07
Part of handkerchief taken from the body of King Theodore after he
killed himself - stained with his blood.
Accession Number: KO0229/15
Horn tumbler
Accession Number: KO0776/02
Bible of the Coptic Church
Accession Number: KOLIB0066
18th Century European glass tumbler, with storage basket.
Accession Number: KO0229/14
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