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Officer's shashqa type 1881/1909 with damascus blade with fullers on both sides and three additional grooves. Gold-inlaid dedication, "Н.Н. Карепуво - 1-й батальон/N.N. Karepuvo - 1st Battalion" on the obverse side. The ricasso bears maker's mark, "Schaaf and Sons - St. Petersburg" along with the double-headed eagle. The brass knuckle-bow hilt with remnants of gilding and floral decoration, the cipher "A II" for Alexander II (1818 - 1881), and is engraved on both sides of the quillons with "За храбрость/For Bravery".
Length 90.5 cm.
Length 90.5 cm.