IT DON'T LOOK LIKE MUCH TODAY BUT DURING THE TIME OF NAPOLEAN THAT HANDLE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE PRECIOUS THAN A SOLID GOLD ONE.
PROBABLY NOT THAT OLD LIKELY OF WW2 VINTAGE BUT PERHAPS SOME ONE IN AFRICA STILL THOUGHT IT A PRESTIGEOUS METAL AS IT WAS LIKELY RARE IN PARTS OF AFRICA EVEN THEN. DOES THE HANDLE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CAST OR JUST PIECED TOGETHER FROM BITS OF SOMETHING ELSE? VERY INTERESTING