Russia, Soviet Union. A 1953 Naval Officer’s Dirk Archive two off-center holes

two off-center holes

) Naming is privately engraved in small block capitals

weighing 3

clutching a stylized target

Franz Joseph I (bronze

Russia, Soviet Union. A 1953 Naval Officer’s Dirk Archive two off-center holesAn 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