Original Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Military Flare Guns Introduced during WW 1 in

Introduced during WW 1 in 1918 for use with the Vickers and Lewis machine guns

The 641st Bombardment Squadron was activated in June 1943 at Will Rogers Field

After a week of relative inactivity

- Original theater printed 158th RCT newspaper publication

(See Dolf Goldsmith

Original Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Arm Dagger with Leather Scabbard circa 1880 Military Flare Guns Introduced during WW 1 inOriginal 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.