Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Newly Listed 44 mm x 116 mm

44 mm x 116 mm

light weight construction

with suspension hanger

The Wehrpaß includes a Bereitstellungsschein (preparation certificate) that states that Zub must stay at his permanent whereabouts and wait for his (inevitable) conscription letter to be issued

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Newly Listed 44 mm x 116 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,