Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Silver-bound Grip and Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 NATION BANCROFT Military Caps

BANCROFT Military Caps

all hob nails are present as are the steel toe picks plates

This blade has an E

one for helmet and one for shell liner

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Silver-bound Grip and Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 NATION BANCROFT Military CapsOriginal 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