Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Auction 1942 and awarded to members

1942 and awarded to members of the military who were serving with the Norwegian armed forces in Britain on King Haakon's 70th birthday

and Republic of China: Order of the Resplendent Banner (AKA Order of the Cloud and Banner)

he was taken on strength by the Canadian Army Trades School in Hamilton

In December 1843

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

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Auction 1942 and awarded to membersThis 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,