Green Howards Museum's cigarette case tells elephant rescue story
Today's Object of the Week is a silver cigarette case presented to a soldier by the grateful refugees he helped to rescue - by elephant.
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Green Howards Museum cigarette case tells of elephant rescue
A humble silver cigarette case in the collection The Green Howards Museum in Richmond reveals an incredible wartime rescue story of courage, spirit and ingenuity. In the summer of 1942 Captain John ...