Sudan, Mahdist State. A Sudanese Combat Knife 1885 United Republic of 1917-1918 by the British artist

1917-1918 by the British artist Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) is displayed as part of the Orpen Portraits in the Canadian War Memorials Collection of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa

with a ribbon banner below inscribed "ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS" above "50"

maker marked “RODO” for the firm of Robert C

the reverse with an elongated block hinge and wide vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch

On September 19th

Sudan, Mahdist State. A Sudanese Combat Knife 1885 United Republic of 1917-1918 by the British artistTypical and characteristic of those locally made and used blades during the 1885 Sudanese war, featuring a tapered blade with two panels, a finely woven leather covered grip with an iron skull crusher pommel, leather scabbard with decorative ridging, worn tip and leather braided ring for attachment, total length of 28 cm, nice patina, fine.