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After being deactivated on 11 December 1918 following a change in structure of the US Army

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which was under siege from British forces during the Battles of Narvik

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Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Dervish Kaskara Broadsword with Leather Scabbard and Body Sling c.1870 Japanese Air Force After being deactivated on 11Original 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.