What: Two textile fragments “captured at the fall of Magdala”
Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT
Theodore’s hair and letter in National Army Museum Database entry: Framed letter bearing the great seal of King Theodore and a lock of his hair taken after death, 1868 (c). This lock of hair was taken from the body of the Coptic Christian King of Abyssinia, Tewodros II (or Theodore) following his defeat and subsequent […]
What: An Ethiopian Orthodox cross – possibly taken from the top of a church – “obtained from an Abyssinian soldier at Magdala”
Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT
What: A finial – brass openwork sheetmetal, in the shape of a Coptic Cross – taken from Magdala, possibly from the top of a church
Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT
What: A necklace, described as belonging to “Queen Sabazadis, the wife of King Theodore of Abyssinia”; owned by Lt C F James, Bombay Staff Corps and possibly 2nd (The Queen’s Royal) Regiment of Foot; leather, crystal, silver, glass and brass beads, threaded on string.
Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT
What: A hide bracelet
Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT