Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling Russian Maxim 1910 and also has numerous tears

and also has numerous tears

the obverse is marked US / 535926

His courageous actions were an inspiration to all who saw him and reflect great credit upon himself and the Airborne Forces

with a reissued WWII era USN Mk2 Scabbard

The crossguard is engraved with a combed fire helmet over crossed axes

Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling Russian Maxim 1910 and also has numerous tearsOriginal 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