Thats Interesting, after a quick search i found out that Sidho -Madjoe (succeed-progress!) was a ‘’highly esteemed priyayi Soerakarta clothing store’’. Which even had a mail order catalog. The store was owned by Tjan Tjoe Twan and apparently mainly sold genuine Javanese batik but also outfitted ‘’native colonial administrators’’. Perhaps this keris was once a gift for a very good customer or a departing employee.
Madjoe was also a term used by the KNIL btw.
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