Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Reptile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Hotchkiss MG ) was a bayonet designed

) was a bayonet designed for the Imperial Japanese Army to be used with the Arisaka Type 30 Rifle and was later used on the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles

and the stock appears to be original

and a dark green polarizing lens was available for glare protection on "exceedingly brilliant" days

with all pads still present and Japanese ink markings on interior in good condition

Original Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Arm Dagger with Reptile Leather Scabbard and Arm Loop - Circa 1885 Hotchkiss MG ) was a bayonet designedOriginal item. Only One Available. The loss of General Gordon at Khartoum in 1885 was a great blow to British prestige and yet it took thirteen years for Great Britain to extract revenge at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. The religious leader, the Mahdi, "the chosen or expected one" had died shortly after the Gordon episode and the Caliphate was now led by the infamous and exceptional brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the Sudan