LONDON — More than 600 artifacts relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth have been stolen from the collection of Bristol Museum, police said Thursday as they released images of four suspects.

The Avon and Somerset Police force said the items with “significant cultural value” were taken from a storage building in the early hours of Sept. 25.

The force said it wanted to speak to four men over the theft and appealed to the public for information.

It was unclear why the appeal was being made more than two months after the crime.

Bristol City Council said the stolen items include medals, badges and pins, necklaces, bangles and rings, decorative items such as carved ivory, silver items and bronze figurines, as well as geological specimens.

Philip Walker, the council's

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