Hello Barry,
it's a recent kerdas handle. There are so far I know old handles of this form, by the old ones the stones are rubys.
Here some old threads where similar hilts are shown:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...+kerdas+silver
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...senjata+pusaka
Regards,
Detlef