Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 Military Audio The assembly consists of a

The assembly consists of a brass spindle with ring handle

From Laon to Reims

So many early S

with the original large base plate being replaced by a simple curved model

39 inches (varies)

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 Military Audio The assembly consists of aOriginal 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