Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Japanese Ordnance As the winter passed the

As the winter passed the division was brought up to strength and fully equipped for forward deployment into a war zone

with this production run finishing in 1910

Shaka also introduced a new short

we have only a few un-issued copies available

Originally personnel serving with RAD wore a variety of earlier FAD/NSAD belt buckles until February 15TH 1936 when new pattern belt buckles for Officer’s and EM/NCO’s were introduced to provided uniformity in dress

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Japanese Ordnance As the winter passed theOriginal 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 exceptional brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the Sudan