Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Crocodile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Brown Bess and also from civil engineers

and also from civil engineers

this saber was so successful as a cutting weapon that the German Cavalry continued to use it right up to the beginning of the 20th century

The kris or keris is a prized asymmetrical dagger most strongly associated with the culture of Indonesia

The plastic butt cap is in great shape

The log records

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Crocodile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Brown Bess and also from civil engineersOriginal 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