Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION The Flintlock mechanism is marked

The Flintlock mechanism is marked JOHAN ERTTEL one of the principal Dutch Military Arms Contractors and AMSTERDAM

during the Vietnam War era

this ignition system was replaced by a conventional percussion cone

these have become very hard to find

nor a single model that could handle calibers 45-70 and up)

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1880 EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION The Flintlock mechanism is markedOriginal 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.