Russia, Soviet Union. A Naval Officer's Dagger With Hanger Hold near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944

near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944 and resulted in over sixty fatalities

It is the edition for privates in a rifle company

while all others were discharged

"IKOM" maker marked and marked "II" (2nd Class) and number impressed "47790" on the reverse

reverse with raised inscription FÜR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBENWEHRWESEN (FOR SERVICE IN MINING RESCUE)

Russia, Soviet Union. A Naval Officer's Dagger With Hanger Hold near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944A well preserved Soviet Navy officers dagger, measuring 342 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 217 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 "1954", while the reverse ricasso is etched with the serial