Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with European Blade & Leather Scabbard c.1880 Japanese Documents and Books No major issues to speak

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The first recorded instance of a local American military band was in 1653 in the New Hampshire militia

Squads of men were kept busy clearing the runway and taxi strips so the Group could maintain the constant alert for take off

This is a very rare document set that belonged to a Chine Marine that also served through WWII

Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with European Blade & Leather Scabbard c.1880 Japanese Documents and Books No major issues to speakOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880's 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.