Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Price_over $990 from operating within direct combat

from operating within direct combat range of German forces

possibly unissued

577 on October 14

A scaled-down carbine version of their excellent centrefire Werder 1869 rifle was adopted which had been tested before the war but none were then available for troop issue

All elements are original but only SOME will bear WW2 markings- NOT all

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Price_over $990 from operating within direct combatOriginal 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.