Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Decorated Shield c.1880 Lanchester SMG The knife retains about 80%-908%

The knife retains about 80%-908% of the original bluing on the bayonet blade

Also included in the display is a newspaper cutting from Time

An American Sailor as a “Prize” or memento of the occasion presumably removed this “Swab Bucket”

and typical condition will be dirty

Model 30 bayonet fully marked complete with it's original rubberized scabbard and integral simulated leather frog

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Decorated Shield c.1880 Lanchester SMG The knife retains about 80%-908%Original 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