Hello,
Here is one of my latest acquisitions:
A Javanese pedang (West Java?) With a pamor blade and markings of the VOC (A VOC * 9 or 6 * VOC A?).
The handle is made of silver alloy.
The scabbard is made of wood covered with rattan with strips of brass and 2 coper coins of the VOC (1742 and 1793).
The scabbard seems to have undergone several old modifications: I suppose that originally the rattan covered the entire surface of the scabbard. It was subsequently entirely lacquered (even the coins, the brass bands and the silver handle).
I think this pedang dates from the first half of the 19th century but I would like to have your opinion on it.
