Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi War Spear with Massive Iron Head c.1880 War of 1812 makes it a splendid memento

makes it a splendid memento of the Civil War

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During the June 6th assault

I thanked the Lieutenant - I didn't know any German - I said

An interesting Kris with a bit of history attached to it

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi War Spear with Massive Iron Head c.1880 War of 1812 makes it a splendid mementoOriginal 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.