Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION these have become very hard

these have become very hard to find

The Flintlock mechanism is marked JOHAN ERTTEL one of the principal Dutch Military Arms Contractors and AMSTERDAM

and possibly Luftwaffe pilots

This is absolutely original great example of an early 20th century Royal Navy Peaked cap

The belt fed left-to-right

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION these have become very hardOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880's the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.