Original Magnificent Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with German 17th Century Blade - circa 1880 DVD Thorley who discovered the item

Thorley who discovered the item mixed in with other items on a Militaria table at an English antique show

Devonport 1849

Gustavo Trifari arrived at Ellis Island in 1904 at the age of 20

patching cloth

Soldiers commonly traded and collected patches

Original Magnificent Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with German 17th Century Blade - circa 1880 DVD Thorley who discovered the itemOriginal Item: One of a kind. 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 Khedive.