Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Long Dagger with Leather Grip - Circa 1870 Japanese Helmets The shorter barreled versions without

The shorter barreled versions without the ejector rod were marketed as "shopkeeper's specials"

Fully cleaned and now ready to display looking its very best

It became increasingly evident that the 323rd would become the first "Marauder Group” to go into action at medium altitude

New Made Item: During the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Long Dagger with Leather Grip - Circa 1870 Japanese Helmets The shorter barreled versions withoutOriginal 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