Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 Category_Rear Sight Assembly Use of the 7mm M1895

Use of the 7mm M1895 in the Mexican Revolution has been photographically documented

the barrel may have been resurfaced

this is a marvelous piece of British SCOTS GUARDS Militaria History

The Silver cartouche on the barrel marked:

Followed by the memorable action at Rorke's Drift

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 Category_Rear Sight Assembly Use of the 7mm M1895Original 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.