I'd be inclined to accept this blade as Bali, or Lombok, I don't think I could fit it into Jawa classification. It is not any sort of major work, just a simple "every man's" blade. We don't really expect major identifying indicators in low level work.
Mendak is Madura/East Jawa.
The hilt should come off pretty easy with a bit of heat & patience, this process has been covered several times here in the past.
It would probably restore reasonably well.
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