Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Wars African Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Shield - circa 1890 Japanese Ordnance The other side of the

The other side of the canteen has a very old hand written script label stuck onto it

men were killed and wounded as they attempted to get out of the boats

This example dates to around 1690 and was made when the SUN KING

however smokeless powder was later introduced for a new

000 antique firearms and accessories come these original issue Martini-Henry combination service and take down tools adopted in August 1874

Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Wars African Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Shield - circa 1890 Japanese Ordnance The other side of theOriginal 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 exceptionally brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the