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Lot 80

Two Russian Dragoon Officer's 1851/1909 Pattern Shashkas
Reign of Tsar Nicholas II (1894-1917), Circa 1910

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Two Russian Dragoon Officer's 1851/1909 Pattern Shashkas
Reign of Tsar Nicholas II (1894-1917), Circa 1910

Each of regulation pattern, the first with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, the forte on each side chased with a panel of foliage against a gilt ground (gilding incomplete) and surmounted by a maker's stamp, brass hilt with cast decoration, and ribbed horn grip, in original wood-lined leather-covered scabbard (leather damaged and incomplete) with brass mounts and ring for suspension; the second with fullered blade retaining some original nickle-plated finish, and hilt with ribbed hard-rubber grip, an original scabbard (lower third missing, both with some wear and rust patination overall) (2)
78.3 cm. and 81.3 cm. blades

Footnotes

See A.N. Kulinsky, Russian Edged Weapons, Polearms &
Bayonets 18-20th C.,
Vol. I, 2001, pp. 155-156, no. 58

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