Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword and Dagger with Leather Scabbards c.1880 U.S. Machine Guns 100% cotton canvas in OD#3

100% cotton canvas in OD#3

• USN Patch and another set of Epaulettes

and 37" when in the scabbard

” and “1894” was the year of manufacture

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword and Dagger with Leather Scabbards c.1880 U.S. Machine Guns 100% cotton canvas in OD#3Original 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