A large haul of antique silver has been stolen from the Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum at Thoresby Park. The stolen items include a distinctive parcel and gilt rosewater dish, statuettes of mounted soldiers, and a cavalry trumpet.
A large haul of antique silver has been stolen from a Nottinghamshire museum. Items were stolen in the early hours of Sunday, October 29, from a display case at the Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum at Thoresby Park , near Worksop.
Other stolen items include the Hurlingham Grand Military Polo trophy, statuettes of mounted soldiers and a cavalry trumpet. Detective Sergeant Jackie Price, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was an audacious crime and clearly well planned by the person or people responsible.“The items taken are not just worth tens of thousands of pounds; they are also of significant historic and sentimental value to the military community.
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