Russia, Soviet Union. A 1958 Red Army Officer’s Dirk Archive which was followed shortly thereafter

which was followed shortly thereafter by a promotion to Brevet of Colonel on September 10

He trained as a modeller with the Hutschenreuther company

prompting the Croatian authorities to complain to the Germans and finally to Hitler personally

97mm (w) x 44

awards in generally very fine to extremely fine condition

Russia, Soviet Union. A 1958 Red Army Officer’s Dirk Archive which was followed shortly thereafterAn extremely well preserved Red Army officers dirk, measuring 340 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 215 mm long nickel plate magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi shapened edges. The obverse ricasso bears Cyrillic initials for the (Zlatoust Tool Factory) and a manufacture date of 58 for 1958, while the reverse ricasso is etched with a serial number of 608517. The blade sits firmly within the gilded bronze upper