Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard British Documents & Books A red painted custom made

A red painted custom made collection can used to raise funds for the Red Cross in Germany during WW2

Staff Sergeant Kenneth G Parmerter was in the headquarters company of the 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion after going the army on April 03

This is very unusual and wonderfully represents the German's use of bakelite a pre-war plastic forerunner that was most often encounter in field phones

They came ashore at the Battle of Cape Gloucester on 26 December 1943 and fought on New Britain until February 1944 at such places as Suicide Creek and Ajar Ridge

1940 (Heft 5)

Original 1880 Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara with Leather Scabbard British Documents & Books A red painted custom madeOriginal 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.