An Ornate Yemeni Jambiya With Belt Newly Listed from 2 May 1943 until

from 2 May 1943 until 2 September 1944

on the same date he suffered a shrapnel wound to the left leg

The Second War Swedish Pilot Wing of Lars Sandblom - Numbered  2418 - In gilded bronze

It was approximately 4:30 am

Footnote: The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a dormant British order of chivalry associated with Ireland

An Ornate Yemeni Jambiya With Belt Newly Listed from 2 May 1943 untilAn 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,