FBI agent Jacqueline Maguire called it 'a rare privilege' to be part of the ceremony marking the return of the stolen items. AP
FBI agent Jacqueline Maguire called it 'a rare privilege' to be part of the ceremony marking the return of the stolen items. AP
FBI agent Jacqueline Maguire called it 'a rare privilege' to be part of the ceremony marking the return of the stolen items. AP
FBI agent Jacqueline Maguire called it 'a rare privilege' to be part of the ceremony marking the return of the stolen items. AP

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Fifty stolen artefacts returned to museums in five states

Dozens of artefacts, including battlefield pistols and rifles used on front lines, have been returned to institutions

Associated Press

March 14, 2023

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Federal authorities have said dozens of artefacts stolen in the 1970s from museums in several states and dating back as far as the French and Indian War have been returned to the institutions.

The FBI announced at a ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia that 50 items had been repatriated to 17 establishments in five states.

The artefacts returned included an 1847 rifle stolen from a Mississippi museum, a Second World War battlefield pistol belonging to Gen Omar Bradley, stolen from the US Army War College Museum, and 19th century guns stolen from Pennsylvania museums, officials said.

Authorities said Michael Corbett of Newark, Delaware, was indicted in December 2021 for possession of items stolen from museums in the 1970s. In August, he pleaded guilty to possession of stolen items transported interstate and turned over additional stolen goods.

Recovered stolen artefacts at the Iran national museum - in pictures

Visitors attend an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran. It took more than 40 years, after a deadly conflict with Iraq and a gruelling legal battle with looters, for Iran to recover and display stolen treasures in its national museum. All photos by AFP
Visitors attend an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran. It took more than 40 years, after a deadly conflict with Iraq and a gruelling legal battle with looters, for Iran to recover and display stolen treasures in its national museum. All photos by AFP
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran on April 16, 2022.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran on April 16, 2022.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
An antiquity repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
An antiquity repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Jebrael Nokandeh, curator of Iran's National Museum in Tehran, speaks about the repatriated Boukan glazed brick collection from Switzerland during an interview with AFP.
Jebrael Nokandeh, curator of Iran's National Museum in Tehran, speaks about the repatriated Boukan glazed brick collection from Switzerland during an interview with AFP.

Officials said the items recovered and now returned to their proper owners included:

  • a Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver stolen from the Connecticut State Library
  • an Omar Bradley presentation pistol stolen from the US Army War College Museum
  • a French and Indian War-era powder horn stolen from a museum in Belchertown, Massachusetts
  • a number of 18th century English and Scottish pistols stolen from the Valley Forge Historical Society Museum.

Jacqueline Maguire, FBI special agent in charge of the Philadelphia office, called it “a rare privilege” to be part of the ceremony returning the stolen items.

“These are artefacts that helped write our national story, with some even predating the country’s birth, and their long absence from public view — hidden away where no one could see or learn from them — was a loss both to society and the historic record,” Ms Maguire said.

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