The Benin City trophy, a carved elephant's tusk

Date: 1961 Reference: ADM 1/27823 Creator: Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies Catalogue context: Ivory tusk from Benin City: presentation to British Museum. Includes 2 photographs depicting: Benin City Trophy: large carved ivory tusk and bronze head collected by Rear Admiral H Rawson during the punitive expedition to Benin City in 1897. Dated [1961]. Categories: Colonial and Empire; Overseas Subjects: Africa; Armed Forces (General Administration); Museums and galleries; Navy Topics: International trade and affairs; Military and war Period: Postwar Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf