Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 Category_MG 34 Accessories 000 all ranks wounded

000 all ranks wounded

In November 1942 T20 was tested against several other prototypes

paralleling the combat seen nightly on television

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Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 Category_MG 34 Accessories 000 all ranks woundedOriginal 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.