Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard French Edged Weapons Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS personnel to

Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS personnel to whom it was awarded

General Wingate

While Nelson made for Sicily to see if the French were heading for Egypt

These 9-lbs are excellent examples of "Studded" Shells of the same type as the ones currently on display in the WEST POINT MUSEUM and are referred to and illustrated on pages 335/336 of the excellent work "Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War": by Warren Ripley

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Dagger with Leather Wrapped Wood Grip and Scabbard French Edged Weapons Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS personnel toOriginal 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.