Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Archive 2 mm x 53 mm

2 mm x 53 mm

He died on June 4

sixteen days shy of his eighteenth birthday (although his age is stated as 18 years

Quartermaster

(Luftwaffe Bauarbeiter-Stoffbzeichen)

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Archive 2 mm x 53 mmThis 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,