Original 1880 North African Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara or Takooba with Scabbard Beretta Army Forces Command

Army Forces Command

so did the Swiss (the M-18)

Original scabbards will show some wear

rising to at least mid-calf

quality black leather German/Italian/Austrian leggings from the 1930s and used up into WW2

Original 1880 North African Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara or Takooba with Scabbard Beretta Army Forces CommandOriginal Item: One of a kind. Original 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. This Berber sword, known as a Takooba, is typical in style with the Mahdi's Dervish