Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling MG 15 Some of the more earlier

Some of the more earlier ones exhibit a Horn handle opposed to wood

The gunner carries the weapon and

There is an "R" on the hilt spine of this example

measuring 20" X 20"

and possibly the entire gun

Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling MG 15 Some of the more earlierOriginal 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