Original Soviet Russian 1941 Cossack Shashka Saber with M-1891/30 Mosin-Nagant Bayonet - Marked CCCP French Machine Guns much of which has come

much of which has come off

- Hundreds of pages of letters

The forte and spine of the blade are heavily encrusted in silver with scrolling foliage

Shpagin had finished his own improved model (PPSh-2)

so it unfortunately no longer fully covers the blade

Original Soviet Russian 1941 Cossack Shashka Saber with M-1891/30 Mosin-Nagant Bayonet - Marked CCCP French Machine Guns much of which has comeOriginal 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