Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with European Blade & Leather Scabbard c.1880 Japanese Documents and Books Squads of men were kept

Squads of men were kept busy clearing the runway and taxi strips so the Group could maintain the constant alert for take off

This award was more of a personal award by Dönitz

Later they returned to their base at Woodchurch

At that point

Measures 10 inches tall

Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with European Blade & Leather Scabbard c.1880 Japanese Documents and Books Squads of men were keptOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880's the SUDAN the vast land just south of Egypt was ruled by the Khedive from Cairo. Sudan was basically occupied by native Africans in the south and Arab traders in the north. The coming of the Muslim religious leader known as the "Mahdi" unified the population into an uprising against Egypt. Britain assisted and allowed General Charles Gordon to become the Governor of Sudan on behalf of the Egyptian Khedive.