Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard German Mauser 98k K98 The lock is marked with

The lock is marked with a Crown over G

This Burnside Cavalry serial # 5086 in

5 cm and later in 15 cm were best remembered as the fast firing six barreled weapons faced by the allies after the D-Day invasion

broad arrow over WD

Held in reserve by the British Army

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard German Mauser 98k K98 The lock is marked withOriginal 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.