Soviet Pattern 1881 Dragoon Trooper's Sword

Accession Number REL/07212
Collection type Technology
Object type Edged weapon or club
Place made Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Date made 1930
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Soviet Pattern 1881 Dragoon Trooper's sword. The hilt has a brass D shape guard stamped A on the right and 1914 under some cyrillic letters on the left and has a hole in the quillon end. The wooden grips have diagonal grooves. The curved blade has a wide fuller to each side to within 150 mm of the double edged point. The ricasso is stamped on the left with an arsenal mark and 1918. The right side has A, a crown over an A and 40.

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