Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns leather headband with size tag

leather headband with size tag reading 7 1/8 with pleated cotton lining

and not the Marine Corps

making this quite an unusually rare item

The UMSC soldier owned this lighter customized it as a memento of his time fighting in the pacific theatre

having the distinctive rounded shape to the shell

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard Antique Guns leather headband with size tagOriginal 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.