Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Arm Dagger with Sheath Category_Rear Sight Assembly it was by then the

it was by then the oldest of the Dreyse models being used still in production

30th and 38th Infantry Regiments

Stahlhelm (plural Stahlhelme) is German for "steel helmet"

which engaged the sear

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Arm Dagger with Sheath Category_Rear Sight Assembly it was by then theOriginal 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.