Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle These dimensions represent our best

These dimensions represent our best effort at measuring the piece:

This is a very mid war (1943) OD officer issue screw back Hamilton 987A wrist watch

rather than as traditional heavy cavalry

approximately 10

he wrote to Maine's Governor Israel Washburn

Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle These dimensions represent our bestOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880s 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.