Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Wars African Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Shield - circa 1890 French Edged Weapons This amazing grouping consist of

This amazing grouping consist of the following:

There is a zinc fitting around the handle

there is a repaired wrist crack

but there is still a clear 220 rack number stamped onto the spine

The following pieces were most likely added by a previous collector for display purposes:

Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Wars African Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Shield - circa 1890 French Edged Weapons This amazing grouping consist ofOriginal 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 exceptionally brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the