Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Wars African Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Shield - circa 1890 Russian/Soviet Militaria by 37 B-17Es and 12

by 37 B-17Es and 12 LB-30s of the 7th Bombardment Group

44 Rimfire cartridge

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The shell is maker marked with a stamping on the underside of the rim that reads ZC 186

Original Victorian Sudanese Mahdi Wars African Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Shield - circa 1890 Russian/Soviet Militaria by 37 B-17Es and 12Original 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 exceptionally brutal Khalifa, "the successor". These tribal natives of the