Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns This is a nice solid

This is a nice solid example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U

The UMSC soldier owned this lighter customized it as a memento of his time fighting in the pacific theatre

making this quite an unusually rare item

the 161st infantry

000 Hotchkiss machine guns had already been delivered to the French army alone

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns This is a nice solidOriginal 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.