Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 Bren LMG While aircrews tended to prefer

While aircrews tended to prefer the B-17

just as we found it

Dates and markings vary

the AAF desired to have a handy pen light flashlight for illumination of maps and airplane equipment in flight

Serial number 8226 t with eagle/63 inspection

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Circa 1885 Bren LMG While aircrews tended to preferOriginal 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