Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling Martini-Henry Rifles It was cast from a

It was cast from a silicon mold of an original Type 97 in the IMA collection and therefore is not only an accurate 1:1 scale but has all the details of the real thing

the buckle end is stamped 105

these British flints were made (knapped) to regulation pattern at BRANDON in the County of SUFFOLK in England at the close of the 18th Century

A helmet and stick grenade below the medal loop as well as outer ring were finished in a polished silver effect

Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling Martini-Henry Rifles It was cast from aOriginal 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