Some more objects from the RDG - kaskara (?) and spears

stephen wood · 15th May 2010, 03:24 PM

...thank you, very interesting.

It's so important to see the examples of kaskara which have been in Regimental Museums for so long - they serve as dating touchstones.

I think that they might have been captured in the subsequent Campaign in the Sudan since at Tel El Kebir the Egyptians were a regular army - many of whom were later deployed with Baker and Hicks.

Notice that the "moons" are quite well defined - not the squiggles we see on later blades.

Is it possible that the "wire" is in fact very fine twisted leather?

15th May 2010, 03:24 PM	#4
stephen wood Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 227	...thank you, very interesting. It's so important to see the examples of kaskara which have been in Regimental Museums for so long - they serve as dating touchstones. I think that they might have been captured in the subsequent Campaign in the Sudan since at Tel El Kebir the Egyptians were a regular army - many of whom were later deployed with Baker and Hicks. Notice that the "moons" are quite well defined - not the squiggles we see on later blades. Is it possible that the "wire" is in fact very fine twisted leather?