OMDURMAN CAPTURED KASKARA DATED 1898

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AS GOOD AS IT GETS EXAMPLE OF A MAHDI KASKARA OF BATTLE OF OMDURMAN PERIOD. WITH A CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION LABEL ATTACHED, THIS LABEL NOW FADED AND WORN, BUT SAYS, – DERVISH SWORD TAKEN FROM ? ? ? SUIKIN, ? ? ? H.M.S. MELITA. THE MELITA WAS A MARINER CLASS R.N. VESSEL. SWORD WITH 862 MM LONG BLADE WHICH APPEARS TO BE AN OLDER EUROPEAN BLADE WITH LARGE CENTRAL FULLER, TYPICAL OF EARLIER BROAD SWORDS. SOME CHISEL DONE ENGRAVING TO BOTH SIDES. EUROPEAN BLADES WERE SOLD BY TRAVELLING AGENTS TO THE MAHDI IN THIS PERIOD. GRIP WITH ALL ITS LEATHER. SLIM LEATHER SCABBARD. UNTOUCHED EXCELLENT CONDITION OVERALL.