Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Silver-bound Grip and Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 NATION Lenses were 6 3/8" f/4

Lenses were 6 3/8" f/4

in ventilated steel surrounds

BANCROFT Military Caps

The rifle features an excellent un-sanded stock with visible SWP 1892 cartouche

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Silver-bound Grip and Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 NATION Lenses were 6 3/8" f/4Original 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