Russia, Soviet Union. A 1954 Soviet Naval Officer’s Dirk Auction Archive loss of gilt overtime

loss of gilt overtime

with a central Geneva Cross bearing dates “1940-1945”

the Army discovered later on in WWI that he was actually born in the year 1867

on ring and suspended from period original triangular ribbon

Russia, Soviet Union. A 1954 Soviet Naval Officer’s Dirk Auction Archive loss of gilt overtimeAn extremely well preserved Soviet Navy officers dirk, measuring 340 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 210 mm long nickel plated magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi sharpened edges. The obverse ricasso bears Cyrillic initials for the (Zlatoust Tool Factory) and a manufacture date of 1954, while the reverse ricasso is etched with a serial number of N24764. The blade sits firmly within the gilded bronze upper