Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Decorated Shield c.1880 Russian Ordnance while several small cutout holes

while several small cutout holes serve to improve the helmet's ventilation

as can be seen with this example

Included with his named tunic are over 40 pages of scanned color copies of his official RAAF service records

MARCH 1945: Reconnaissance made of Yellow beaches on Okinawa Shima

Original Victorian Era Sudanese Mahdi Wars Dervish Rhinoceros Hide Decorated Shield c.1880 Russian Ordnance while several small cutout holesOriginal 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