Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword and Dagger with Leather Scabbards c.1880 Manufacture Type_Original Items The top of the can

The top of the can is engraved:

from 1915 until contracting trench fever during the Battle of the Somme in October 1916

It does not have a puggaree and the interior has a simple sweatband liner

Every part on this display gun is original WWII manufacture other than the receiver and included reproduction sling

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword and Dagger with Leather Scabbards c.1880 Manufacture Type_Original Items The top of the canOriginal Items: One of a Kind Set. In the 1880's 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