Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard British Documents & Books Brevet (illegible)

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This is very unusual and wonderfully represents the German's use of bakelite a pre-war plastic forerunner that was most often encounter in field phones

Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard British Documents & Books Brevet (illegible)Original 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.