Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword circa 1885 German Uniforms • Offered in good condition

• Offered in good condition

This publication also includes more than 200 color photographs as well as period prints and illustrations

The upper guard is marked with a Roman numeral III

Totally inert and cannot be converted to an explosive device

The 91st/81st battalion continued to wear the old LLDB Green Beret instead of the Ranger Brown/Maroon Beret

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword circa 1885 German Uniforms • Offered in good conditionOriginal 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.