Possible WWII vintage long knife/machete

I purchased this from an estate of a wwii vet. they sold it as a "broken" blade. I am not sure of its age, country of origin or if the end of the blade is broken...any ideas?

 

It apears to be a Burmese dha. Used by troops as a jungle knife, some were made and issued in Britain for the army in Burma and are marked on the blade. Obviously many would be locally made.

 

Thank you with that excellent information I was able to research and find it (as you said) to be a Burmese Dha from the Kachin Peoples (northern Burma / Myanmar).Or a Dao sword of the hill tribes of Assam and Nagaland (northeastern India) the image: A Kachin villager wearing a sword-dao photographed with Lt. Vincent Curl of OSS Detachment 101 during World War II and they show a very similar handle

 

Welcome!

 

Those guys were true guerillas and not to be trifled with!

 

Sword (Dao) with Scabbard and Baldric
Date:
19th century
Geography:
Assam
Culture:
Indian, Assam, Naga Hills
Medium:
Steel, wood, cane
Dimensions:
L. with scabbard 30 3/4 in. (78.1 cm); L. without scabbard 25 in. (63.5 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 11.8 oz. (788.1 g); Wt. of scabbard 9.4 oz. (266.5 g)
Classification:
Swords
Credit Line:
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

From the MET !

( & below it a 2nd similar blade)

Your sheath looks like the oldest piece here, while the wrapping is a mix of newer & older fibers.
To my eye it also looks like a replacement blade....which at first I thought to just be ground down, but a close look at the handle shows newer fiber used to secure a possibly older handle.
The sheath...( your blade is in backwards..) is called a one sided sheath....(edit)

 

Many ' bring back ' weapons from the Pacific theater ....were modified during the war.