Yemeni? Silver Cartridge belt or Bandolier

[spiral]

Thanks Gene, the heavy calibre Brit cartridges look to fat at the cartridge base to be plausible I think, so agree .43 Egyptian seems most likely so far, although I understand from my .303 friend there were similar sized Turkish & Mauser rounds, {If I took that in correctly.} which I havent looked into yet. {He didnt have any to hand, sadley.}

I reckon the calibre is round the .43 to .45 range though.

mmmmmmmm

Think were getting nearer....

Spiral

[Michael Blalock]

The chiseled pattern in the silver does not look Yemeni to me but who knows, it could be. I will look around and see if I can find some decoration that matches this pattern. It's an interesting item.

[A.alnakkas]

Nice belt, I think its yemeni. The chiseling looks identical to one of my yemenite jews made jambiya. Here are the pictures:

[spiral]

Thanks Michael, all help appreciated.

Excelent Alnakkas! Wow! Thank you ! That realy clinches it as Yemenite Jewish silverwork I think!

Is there an inscription date on your Jambiya by any chance? It looks a lovely & unusuasl piece to my eye.

Spiral

[A.alnakkas]

Hey Spiral,

The inscription on the stamp doesnt show clearly, its too dirty and I fear cleaning it as it may damage the inscription.

Check my other yemenite knife (said to be jewish work. Well the maker name fits aswell):

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=Abdullatif

So imo, your belt is yemeni and early 20th century maybe late 19th

Regards,

Abdullatif

[spiral]

Thank you for the link & your thoughs Abdullatif. They have helped as lot.

Jonathan

AKA spiral