Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns This is a nice solid

This is a nice solid example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U

leather headband with size tag reading 7 1/8 with pleated cotton lining

The Regiment was judged to have performed well and was granted the privilege of recruiting by beat of drum in the City of Edinburgh without prior permission of the provost

and not the Marine Corps

making this quite an unusually rare item

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns This is a nice solidOriginal 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.