Hullo everybody
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Originally Posted by asomotif
Hello Amuk,
The second from the top is a copy of the 1911 model "Sabel Marechaussee"
So 1902 would be a little premature as a date of manufacture.
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..I prefer to look at it the other way... and say that the above was the field-developed model on which the M1911 was based. These were produced by local smiths and tested in the field before being accepted for European manufacture. Successive modifications in the field addressed the short-comings of the Kalewang in action. Production in Europe merely "dotted the i's and crossed the t's" of the design. Also, there was often a lag time between the use of a newly-developed weapon 'tested' in the field and its official designation and its becoming 'regulation issue'.
Best,