Original North African Taureg Takoba Broadsword with Broken Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Japanese Militaria • 2 x French WWI

• 2 x French WWI Sign Cartridges launched from Grenade Launcher recovered at Verdun battle site

I can't remember the dates

all below the legend “SOUTH AFRICA”

Illustrated with diagrams and line drawings

This example is in very good used condition

Original North African Taureg Takoba Broadsword with Broken Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Japanese Militaria • 2 x French WWIOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This dates from 1850 1880 and is a North African Broadsword from the Tuareg people of the BERBER CLANS. A people who go back to just after the time of Christ, they are were a nomadic a nomadic people, and generally avoid outside contact. Their great Queen ruled a vast North African Empire around 500 A. D. The first encounters with Europeans were in the Crusader's time around 1100 1300 AD, and the early European Knightly