Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Auction 1915-18 issue

1915-18 issue

Kampfgeschwader 100

Petawawa Military Camp

Footnote: American Society of the Daughters of Holland Dames was founded in 1895

with 1 Clasp Malaya

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Auction 1915-18 issueThis jambiya has a 370 mm long double edged steel blade, magnetic, with sharpened edges and having a very sharp tip. The blade has a raised fuller and is embedded into a handle fabricated from a 120 mm long piece of wood with a dark brown finish. The wooden handle displays a unique design, decorated in six bands in silver that are affixed at various locations, each of which bears an ornate design: one is wrapped the handle and forms the crossguard,