Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle But it was not until

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This is fantastic a 100% genuine medal bar removed from the uniform of a fallen or captured German soldier during WWII and brought home by an American soldier as a war trophy

Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle But it was not untilOriginal 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.