Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Category_Spade Grip Assembly created by the then amalgamation

created by the then amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) in January 1959

Complete with two spare magazine compartments on front

Weight: Varies

The liners are brand new reproductions of specially treated canvas

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Category_Spade Grip Assembly created by the then amalgamationOriginal 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.