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RUSSIAN SOVIET RED ARMY CAVALRY SHASHKA 1931 Blade is steel, one-edged, featuring one wide fuller. Wooden scabbard cowered in leather, has all brass parts. Hilt is wooden, grips from strong brass parts. Has makers mark of "ZLATOUST WEAPON FACTORY", dated 1932. ALL PARTS ARE ORIGINAL Total length is 38". Blade is 31.1/2”.The pommels decorated with bulging images of hammer and sickle, five-pointed star and abbreviation "CCCP" (the USSR). The shashka was put into service for the Worker Peasant Red Cavalry command personnel and officers. As far as other arms of service are concerned, the shashka was adopted for the officers and command personnel,who had to serve astride. Since 1932 the shashka used to be carried only when being in line. The Patterns 1927 shashka was still of use through the period of the Great Patriotic War. |
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