Second dha silver handle

[Marc M.]

My second dha, blade was completely rusted so a guess what was underneath. From the seller's photo I thought the handle could be silver wire, which turned out to be so. Blade sanded up with sandpaper coarse to fine, still some damage from the rust, pitting. Super sharp, cut myself while sanding. For now I will leave it as it is. Handle the piece of silver wire that had dissolved with super glue repaired and polished and found a coin, I think at the beginning of the handle against the blade . The coin was completely covered with a thick black (oxide to glue was difficult to remove). The scabbard is a good condition, the finish seems original to me. The ratan? bands holding the scabbard together are intact. On the scabbard an old label with no 17 written on it. Very pleased with the whole thing. Origin Laos Thailand Burma? Age? Comments as always welcome.
regards
Marc