GlobalNav (your #8067),
...This is unlike bladed weapons previously pictured by Danny and others. Almost reminds me of a bayonet blade, but obviously hand-made, as of course is its case (scabbard?)...
Off hand looks more like a medieval European poignard - perhaps the bazaar craftsmen had seen one and turned out an excellent copy. Note that:
...“A groove in a fighting knife or sword to allow for blood to flow from a wound so that the blade can be removed easier (a significant concern in close combat).” ...
(From: Google>The Blood Groove | The BS Historian
https://bshistorian.wordpress.com/20...e-blood-groove
I think you have the equivalent of our "Antiques Roadshow" TV program over there ? This is one for their experts ! (I never saw anything like it in India/Burma).
...Back of my father's bracelet, obviously a trinket from Ranikhet where he probably spent a short period in the rest camp. the front has his name and the CBI shield...
Would also have his service number with his name, as a back-up identification for his "dog tags". Looks like Indian silver.
You've got the pictures sorted out, then !
Danny.