Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Iron Headed War Club with Leather Wrapping Flintlocks This is a U

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These were what were pressed into service as water cans for Vickers water cooled Machine Guns during WW2 as has been recorded in countless photographs and news reel footage

5cm Field Howitzers (Leichte Feldhoblitz 18) used in episode two of the smash hit "Band of Brothers"

The helmet comes complete with brass chin scales however the rosette cockades at the ears are silver replacements

These are exceptionally rare

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Iron Headed War Club with Leather Wrapping Flintlocks This is a UOriginal 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.