Russia, Soviet Union. A 1954 Soviet Naval Officer’s Dirk Hold and rates at better than

and rates at better than extremely fine

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He successfully completed courses in Gun Laying (1910) and 1st Class Gunner (1913-14)

located in Peshawar was originally commissioned as an operational airfield in 1922

Russia, Soviet Union. A 1954 Soviet Naval Officer’s Dirk Hold and rates at better thanAn 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