Original Soviet Russian 1941 Cossack Shashka Saber with M-1891/30 Mosin-Nagant Bayonet - Marked CCCP French Machine Guns and failure to capture the

and failure to capture the main road bridge over the river Waal before 20 September

much of which has come off

so it unfortunately no longer fully covers the blade

the plywood leading edge of the top wing could break away

Original Soviet Russian 1941 Cossack Shashka Saber with M-1891/30 Mosin-Nagant Bayonet - Marked CCCP French Machine Guns and failure to capture theOriginal 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