AUTHENTIC IMPERIAL RUSSIAN OFFICER\'S GOLD DUAL AWARD SHASHKA SABER SWORD FOR BRAVERY WITH ORIGINAL ST.GEORGE AWARD PORTEPEE (SWORD KNOT) AND ST. ANNE (ANNA) AWARD NAVAL DAGGER

SWORD HAS BOTH ORDER OF ST. ANNE (ANNA) ANDORDER OF ST. GEORGE AWARDS

SWORDMADE BY FAMOUS SCHAFF & SONS, ST. PETERSBURG

AWARDED DURING REIGN OF TSAR ALEXANDER III (1881-1894)

THIS SWORD ISVERY RARE AND VALUABLE WORTH SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION

THE FITTINGS ARE GOLD-PLATED

THE RUSSIAN SPELLING\"FOR BRAVERY\" IS ENGRAVED ON THE CROSSBAR TO THE HANDLE

THE END CAP TO THE HANDLE HAS THE ST. ANNE (ANNA) AWARD

THE HANDLEHAS THE CIPHER FOR TSAR ALEXANDER III AND THE ST. GEORGE AWARD

THE BLADE HAS THE CIPHER FOR TSAR ALEXANDER III ETCHED ON ONE SIDE AND THE IMPERIAL CREST ETCHED ON THE OTHER

THE MAKER\'S MARK FOR SCHAFF & SONS, ST. PETERSBURG IS ALSO STAMPED INTO THE BLADE

THE ST. GEORGE AWARD PORTEPEE IS MADE OF SILVER BULLION, IT HAS THE ST. GEORGE RIBBON (SLIGHT FRAYING AND DIRTY FROM AGE) AND THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN EAGLE CREST ON BOTH SIDES, IT IS OF AN UNUSUAL DESIGN AND A VERY RARE PORTEPEE WORTH AT LEAST $600.00 (WE DID BUY THE PORTEPEE ON FOR LESS THAN HALF THAT AMOUNT AS THE SELLER MISTAKENLY THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPERIAL GERMAN WWI DAGGER PORTEPEE), YOU CAN SEE THIS SWORD IN BOOKS ON IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SWORDS

SHEATHED THE SWORD IS APPROXIMATELY 34.5 INCHES LONG

EXPOSED BLADE IS29.5 INCHES

THE ST. ANNE AWARD NAVAL DAGGER ALSO HAS GOLD PLATED FITTINGS, THE ST. ANNE AWARD IS ON THE EBONY HANDLE, THE ALEXANDER III CIPHER IS ON THE POMMEL, AND THE STILETTO-STYLE BLADE IS STAMPED WITH THE FAMOUS MAKER\'S MARK ZLATOUST, THIS DAGGER IS WORTH AT LEAST $1,000.00

OVERALL THE DAGGER MEASURES 13.5 INCHES

THE EXPOSED BLADE MEASURES 9 INCHES

SEE PICTURES FOR BEST DESCRIPTION OF CONDITION, AS THE PICTURES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEMS

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