Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Sheath Rear Sight Assembly and these later saw use

and these later saw use in World War II by second line German units

At the close of WW2 with Germany defeated Finland was highly penalized by the Soviet Union

000 were modified in 1888 and 1891 into carbines

on October 7

but many German soldiers removed the Saw teeth as a result

Original 1880 Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Sheath Rear Sight Assembly and these later saw useOriginal 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.