Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword and Dagger with Leather Scabbards c.1880 Category_Receiver Top Cover The walnut stock has all

The walnut stock has all brass mounts

This involved mainly modifications to the front of the stock for a bayonet for the Lee-Metford Bayonet Lug and putting a sleeve on the barrel tip to fit the bayonet correctly

such as rotating it 45 degrees

The flag measures 150cm x 230cm and is nicely maker marked Küpper & Rudolph / KÖLN  and  REISS-SCHUTZ / D

he served in various assignments as a flight instructor

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword and Dagger with Leather Scabbards c.1880 Category_Receiver Top Cover The walnut stock has allOriginal Items: One of a Kind Set. 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