An Ornate Yemeni Jambiya With Belt Buy Now May 1916: Awarded the Military

May 1916: Awarded the Military Merit Medal in Silver on the ribbon of Military Merit Cross for exceptional conduct in the face of the enemy

probably guarding and taking up supplies to forward troops

and extremely rare in this condition

bottom arm marked W (for Wagner)

one end of the belt resting diagonally on the infantryman's chest

An Ornate Yemeni Jambiya With Belt Buy Now May 1916: Awarded the MilitaryAn Ornate Yemeni Jambiya with Belt The short curved steel blade measures 230 mm in length and has a raised fuller on both sides, the saifani hilt has a wooden T shaped grip, with multiple nails placed along the blackened upper, a bronze disk with a stamped coat of arms at both ends, both disks having been held in place by metal pins, the one at the blade end capped, the one at the far end having lost its cap to time, with surface rust on the blade,