Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Price_over $990 Excellent1921 TSMG Thompson Sub-Machine Gun

Excellent1921 TSMG Thompson Sub-Machine Gun barrel

possibly unissued

military history

All elements are original but only SOME will bear WW2 markings- NOT all

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Price_over $990 Excellent1921 TSMG Thompson Sub-Machine GunOriginal Item: One of a kind. In the 1880s 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.