Hello Alan,
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This badik came into Australia pre-1914, bought in Batavia.
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Thanks for the pics!
It's been heavily stained as expected for Jawa blades while the remaining fullering/etc. seem to point to a recycled European blade. How would you judge the metal? Can you exclude the possibility of this blade having been crafted by a pande Jawa? (Seems unlikely to me to be a Jawa-made look-a-like - just trying to take advantage of your experience and you having this piece at your hands...)
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I have only ever seen one bladed weapon with similar markings.
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What kind of Indo piece was this other one?
These VOC-marked blades are slightly more common than that - will try to post pics of some more examples ASAP.
Regards,
Kai