Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi War Spear with Massive Iron Head c.1880 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets a French Man-o-War Ship and

a French Man-o-War Ship and three fleur-de-lis are the symbol for the City of Paris

blued lever

Military Contractor markings such as U

and then in March 1939

Evidently this was sign hung in the mess at the air field

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi War Spear with Massive Iron Head c.1880 Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets a French Man-o-War Ship andOriginal 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.