Hi Amuk!
Many thanks for pointing this out - a very important piece of the jigsaw puzzle!
I guess this text is from the Thomas Del Mar website? - interestingly this is a slightly later sword to mine (that sword was 1871, mine is 1868), though identical in design (though in that case it had the original navy style leather scabbard, instead of a locally made version as here).
Whilst it is very encouraging that they identified the sword with Sarawak, this unfortunately isn't conclusive proof to me, as they only drew the same conclusions I have - the Wilkinson records do not seem to have confirmed the link.
Meyer & Mortimer still exist
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http://www.meyerandmortimer.com/
Many thanks,
Matt