Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber with Scabbard & Sword Knot - Dated 1932 & Marked CCCP U.S. Army their jungle boots used a

their jungle boots used a stainless steel plate inside the boot's sole to protect the wearer from punji stake traps and nails around construction sites

Uncontrolled plunder of the capital and the surrounding countryside ensued

and is marked on the rear of the blade with (Crown) / W/ 76

an elapsed flight timer (essentially a chronograph with hours and minutes but an entirely separate mechanism from the chronograph) on the bottom sub-dial

December 12–15

Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber with Scabbard & Sword Knot - Dated 1932 & Marked CCCP U.S. Army their jungle boots used aOriginal 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