Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Crocodile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Brown Bess The log records

The log records

The kris or keris is a prized asymmetrical dagger most strongly associated with the culture of Indonesia

we believe this to be what was known as a "Funeral Helmet"

this saber was so successful as a cutting weapon that the German Cavalry continued to use it right up to the beginning of the 20th century

Original Item: Only One Available: This early HJ Knife is a solid example of the type nickel-plated over a steel base

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Crocodile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Brown Bess The log recordsOriginal 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