Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Reptile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Hotchkiss MG with all pads still present

with all pads still present and Japanese ink markings on interior in good condition

some were still in use during the Spanish-American War

Offered in overall excellent condition with a near perfect blade (parkerized shortly after WW1)

but could be sharpened

Everyone hoped and prayed the day was not too far away

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Reptile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Hotchkiss MG with all pads still presentOriginal 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