Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber by НМЗ with Scabbard - Dated 1945 & Marked CCCP Russian Flags This example has the standard

This example has the standard steel shell

right out of the box

The checkered grips are now mostly smoothed over

In February of 1942 he was promoted to Private First Class

-first submarine launch of a mobile submarine simulator system

Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber by НМЗ with Scabbard - Dated 1945 & Marked CCCP Russian Flags This example has the standardOriginal Item: Only One Available. Remember Dr. Zhivago? Imperial Russia, known as the Soviet Union after the revolution of 1917, did away with anything and everything that reminded it of an imperial past. This included markings on weapons as well as nearly everything else. This also included the legendary Shashka Sabers used by Cossack forces for centuries. The Shashka saber, and there are varied spellings of the name, was developed in the 13th