Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling Martini-Henry Rifles these British flints were made

these British flints were made (knapped) to regulation pattern at BRANDON in the County of SUFFOLK in England at the close of the 18th Century

The blade collar (habaki) looks to be brass alloy

PATENTED OCT 11

- Steel Scabbard marked: LF&C 1918

a little smaller than the Motor Vehicle First Aid Kit (12 Unit)

Original 19th Century Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Tebu Short Sword with Leather Scabbard and Sling Martini-Henry Rifles these British flints were madeOriginal 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 exceptionally brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the