Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Decorated Shield c.1880 MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly There is some minor wear

There is some minor wear in places and some paint loss to the 8th AAF insignia

During the opening movement of the breech block

when it crossed the Egyptian frontier into Libya to attack Erwin Rommel's Panzer Army Africa

s camouflage colors

It still has the original circled "P" proof behind the trigger guard

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Decorated Shield c.1880 MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly There is some minor wearOriginal 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