Original 1880 North African Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara or Takooba With Scabbard U.S. Replica a different model broken shell

a different model broken shell extractor

It has most stitching still intact

The felt padding is however still almost totally intact

Pennsylvania being known as the "Keystone State"

Replaced soon after WW2 with modern non-flammable lightweight helmets these vintage helmets are getting very difficult to find

Original 1880 North African Mahdi Broadsword Kaskara or Takooba With Scabbard U.S. Replica a different model broken shellOriginal 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. This Berber sword, known as a Takooba, is typical in style with the Mahdi's Dervish supporters in the Sudan which many of