Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Iron Headed War Club with Leather Wrapping Flintlocks • The Service Song Book

• The Service Song Book

These are exceptionally rare

The cutting blade measures inches

The helmet comes complete with brass chin scales however the rosette cockades at the ears are silver replacements

This is a fine original

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Iron Headed War Club with Leather Wrapping Flintlocks • The Service Song BookOriginal 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.