Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Archive sixteen days shy of his

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

seldom awarded in this grade

HEMMERLE Juweliere Munchen Mazimilianstr

where he would be awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart

the son of Thomas James Dicks and Elizabeth Dicks (nee Bailey)

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Archive sixteen days shy of hisThis 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,