so you can see a crown and "gr" or the latin georges rex, king george iii. so this is that new british monarch. it's actually engraved with a scene of the city of havana in cuba which is some of the fortifications around havana. british ships in the harbor. thebritish and american forces had taken cuba from the span fish 1762. and this horn was carved to commemorate the embarkation of those troops. the scene was illuminated at the embarkation of the british troops, july 17, 1763. and so this is really marking a moment in which britains and americans, colonial british americans were reveling in being part of this magnificent empire. they expected to reap the fronts that have victory. they had defeated the spanish, they had defeated the french and their allies. so britain was left with a vastly expanded empire. not just in north america, but in india, in africa, one of the last actions of the war actually took place when the british took manila in the philippines. so it was really the first global war, sometimes known as the seven year's war or the french and