Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet Army Officer's Dirk With Hanger Auction best known for his extravagance

best known for his extravagance and for being a cricketer and sportsman

consisting of a Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

meaning that these rare daggers were in use only for a short period of about 2 years

/ Guns: Carrying Lewis 19187

67 Pforzheim”

Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet Army Officer's Dirk With Hanger Auction best known for his extravaganceA well preserved Soviet Army officers dirk, measuring 340 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 215 mm long nickel plated magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened edges, the blade with both edges bevelled on both sides. The obverse ricasso bears an etched maker's mark of "" framed by a triangle ( = Zlatoust Tool Factory) above the manufacturing date "57" (1957), while the reverse ricasso is etched with the serial