Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Price_over $990 A scaled-down carbine version of

A scaled-down carbine version of their excellent centrefire Werder 1869 rifle was adopted which had been tested before the war but none were then available for troop issue

meaning this is a genuine bring-back from World War Two

16 OCTOBER 1944 - 14 FEBRUARY 1945: Maui participated in training of new teams and received a month of additional training and conditioning

577 on October 14

possibly unissued

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Price_over $990 A scaled-down carbine version ofOriginal 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.