Pedang Marsose/Marechausseesabel Question
 

Hullo everybody,:)

I have a simple question. What does this stamp on the scabbard mean:

C W
N
2 42
W Z

Please think carefully before answering, as I would like an answer specific to this particular stamp.

Thank you.

Best,

Amuk Murugul,

I didn't think but took the book "Klewang, Catalogue of the Dutch Army Museum" by J.P. Puype & R.J. De Stürler Boekwijt.

CW= Constructie Werkplaats = Army Workshop
N= newly made
2 = number of the month = februari
42 = the year = 1942
WZ = the initials of the leatherworker.

The stamp with the manufacture date on the leather scabbard can differ with the klewang because the leather scabbards in the Netherlands East Indies were prone to wear very quickly.

Hullo Henk,

I agree with all you've written, but I always understood the 'N' to stand for 'Nederlands'. So now it appears that the scabbard was made in Bandoeng very shortly before the surrender to the Japanese on 08/03/42.(As you well know, it would've been difficult for it to have come from the Netherlands as it was under occupation 15/05/40 - 08/05/45.)

Thank you.

Best,

You're welcome.

I can imagine many of us would think the N stand for 'Nederland'. While searching in the book i expected something like that too :) .

You can be very sure the scabbard wasn't made here in the Netherlands in that period. I don't think Hitler and his gang would be amused by such productivity :D .