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Lot 19
An Arab Jambiya, And Cartridge-BeltCirca 1920
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £660 inc. premium
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Circa 1920
Circa 1920
The first with broad curved double-edged blade with medial ridge on each side, and waisted hilt entirely covered in silver set with silver beadwork and filigree borders, the back with punched Arabic inscriptions, in original wood-lined silver scabbard decorated en suite with the hilt on the outside, and complete with its embroidered leather and red fabric belt with applied white-metal cartridge-boxes en suite with the jambiya, one with hinged lid, the other of double tubular form with domed lids and pricker each retained by a chain; the second (one part detached) of silver, formed of numerous silver cartridge-holders linked together and each decorated with beadwork and filigree, and with circular buckle en suite (2)
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Provenance:
Capt. N.W. Clayton, MBE, MC, whose Order of Nahda, 4th Class is to be offered in our sale of Coins and Medals at Knightsbridge on 20 April 2011








