Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard Japanese Flags The serial number is 142953A

The serial number is 142953A denoting the year of manufacture as 1883

The Bayonet Book

Barrel does not appear to be a reconversion but original as manufactured

5) Original Imperial German WWI 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class

and mortars against the American heavy machine guns

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard Japanese Flags The serial number is 142953AOriginal 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.