Subject: гетьман cavalry commander
Culture: Ukrainian Cossack
Setting: Russian empire mid 19thc-early 20thc
Object: шашка saber
* Marto
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* Virginia War Museum > Evolution of Weaponry
"Saber, Caucasian, Cossack-type Shaska, with Scabbard, c. 1915." ...
Virginia War Museum > Evolution of Weaponry *
"Saber, Don Cossack Type Model 1918, with Scabbard and attached M1891 Mosin-Nagant bayonet, state factories, SN 423, c. 1929." ...
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Sword (shasqua) Russian, Tiflis, dated 1855 This sword has a hilt made of silver gilt decorated with a floral pattern ornament.
The silver mounts are hallmarked for 1855 and the blade is of pattern welded steel." ...