Russia, Soviet Union. A 1953 Naval Officer’s Dirk GTRexclude documented by the Assistant Director

documented by the Assistant Director

The reverse bears a maker’s mark of “THOMAS WIELPÜTZ

at which latter city they met two ladies who were happy to spend the night with them in return for a tin of corned beef

the obverse with a central inscription of “KRIEGER VERDIENST” (“WARRIOR MERIT”)

Latin for "Who will separate [us]

Russia, Soviet Union. A 1953 Naval Officer’s Dirk GTRexclude documented by the Assistant DirectorAn 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 1953, while the reverse ricasso is etched with a serial number of N02496. The blade sits firmly within the gilded bronze upper