When the Emperor's plans fell on deaf ears, some of the capes were acquired or robbed by foreign forces and missionaries in the country, including Lord Robert Napier, who obtained two capes, which he presented to Queen Victoria, after his victorious Abyssinian campaign of 1868 and the pillage of Magada.
This particular example was acquired by the German missionary, Karl Heinrich Saalmüller (1829-1906).
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin online catalogue (retrieved 4 December 2016).
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