What: A water jug made from a gauntlet “worn by a Chief who was disarmed by Captain Stanley de B Edwardes DAQMG at the Capture of Magdala”

Where: The National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT

The database entry includes a picture and describes a “water jug made from a gauntlet acquired by Captain Stanley de Burgh Edwardes during the assault and capture of Magdala, Abyssinia, 1868. Silver, made in Abyssinia and India, 1868.”

The base is inscribed with: “Abyssinian Expedition the body of this jug was a gauntlet worn by a Chief who was disarmed by Captain Stanley de B Edwardes DAQMG at the Capture of Magdala Abyssinia on Easter Sunday, 1868′.

The database says General Sir Stanley de Burgh Edwardes (1840-1918) served as Deputy-Assistant-Quarter-Master-General during the Abyssinian Expedition and participated in the assault and capture of Magdala.

NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1957-06-24-1