Original Imperial Russian WWI Era Cossack Shashka Sword dated 1911 with Mosin-Nagant Bayonet & Scabbard Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly “They all got excited and

“They all got excited and couldn’t believe that someone from the trials was still alive

releasing the side lever allows the receiver to come fully apart

as was the metal star that would normally be on the front

This very nice example features a 7½” barrel and all matching serial numbers of 156521 indicating manufacture in 1863 and bears the bears on the top of the barrel:

and Ensign

Original Imperial Russian WWI Era Cossack Shashka Sword dated 1911 with Mosin-Nagant Bayonet & Scabbard Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly “They all got excited andOriginal Item: One 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. However, as the Cossacks tended to support the dethroned Tsar against the Bolshevik Communists,