Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Skull Crusher Pommel and Tooled Leather Scabbard - c.1885 Uniforms 1863 through July 4th

1863 through July 4th

Most recipients were senior Austro-Hungarian generals and admirals

because it took two years to retool for production

Also the edge of the cross guard next to the portepee has lost most of the plating due to wear

Overall Length: 15 Inches

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Skull Crusher Pommel and Tooled Leather Scabbard - c.1885 Uniforms 1863 through July 4thOriginal 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