Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle the Allies were poised to

the Allies were poised to enter the Netherlands

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

But it was not until 1915 that

rather than as traditional heavy cavalry

having been a regiment of the New Model Army

Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard Martini-Henry Rifle the Allies were poised toOriginal 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.