Pedang Marsose/Marechausseesabel Question

[Amuk Murugul]

Originally Posted by Henk

Amuk Murugul,

I didn't think but took the book "Klewang, Catalogue of the Dutch Army Museum" by J.P. Puype & R.J. De Stürler Boekwijt.

CW= Constructie Werkplaats = Army Workshop
N= newly made
2 = number of the month = februari
42 = the year = 1942
WZ = the initials of the leatherworker.

The stamp with the manufacture date on the leather scabbard can differ with the klewang because the leather scabbards in the Netherlands East Indies were prone to wear very quickly.

Hullo Henk,

I agree with all you've written, but I always understood the 'N' to stand for 'Nederlands'. So now it appears that the scabbard was made in Bandoeng very shortly before the surrender to the Japanese on 08/03/42.(As you well know, it would've been difficult for it to have come from the Netherlands as it was under occupation 15/05/40 - 08/05/45.)

Thank you.

Best,