Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Crocodile Skin Scabbard Display Guns & Parts Sets near Tacoma

near Tacoma

rare and very desirable British Empire "Screw Gun" dated 1902

5-inch steel blade with distinct bulge toward the point giving extra weight and power to the business end

A further 300 were built as aircrew trainers

Understandably measuring just 20" overall length plus the 3

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Crocodile Skin Scabbard Display Guns & Parts Sets near TacomaOriginal Item: One of a kind. Original Item: One of a kind. In the 1870 1880 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