Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Silver-bound Grip and Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 NATION and were manufactured until around

and were manufactured until around 1912

one for helmet and one for shell liner

BANCROFT Military Caps

If the barrels were not changed properly

Otherwise this is an excellent period of example of a highly desirable holster

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Silver-bound Grip and Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 NATION and were manufactured until aroundOriginal item. Only One Available. The loss of General Gordon at Khartoum in 1885 was a great blow to British prestige and yet it took thirteen years for Great Britain to extract revenge at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. The religious leader, the Mahdi, "the chosen or expected one" had died shortly after the Gordon episode and the Caliphate was now led by the infamous and exceptional brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the Sudan