Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber with Scabbard & Sword Knot - Dated 1932 & Marked CCCP Martini-Henry Bayonets Bastogne was the key to

Bastogne was the key to the German counteroffensive and had to be held at all cost by the 101st

The metal scales and fittings are a bit oxidized

This Vintage WWI (1914-1918) siren works perfectly and is an EXTREMELY LOUD noisemaker

The Royal Engineer Volunteers:

Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber with Scabbard & Sword Knot - Dated 1932 & Marked CCCP Martini-Henry Bayonets Bastogne was the key toOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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 anything else. This is an early classic Soviet Cossack Cavalrymans Shashka Saber that bears the "Hammer & Sickle" Soviet insignia and "C. C. C. P." cast into the once plated brass hilt pommel. This model saber was never