Hilt is wood, with nice chatoyance.
The "belt loops" are to be read as Arabic characters for "Allah" rather than to act as attachments for a belt. I suspect it might be disrespectful to consider it as mere attachment hardware, but that's just a guess on my part.
The metalwork on the front of the scabbard is pretty delicate work, IMO; I'll grant that the back is plain, leaving an area for the inscription.
I'd say your assumption of the age of your example as between 1930 and 1940 is accurate, as the inscription dates it to 29 April, 1939.
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