Backsword

Manufacturer Weyersberg Kirschbaum, & Cie

Marks or LabelsMonogramme de Nicholai II en diamants sur le poignée, dédication en cyrillique: Pour les batailles du 22 jusqu'au 31 mai, 1916. Symbole de l'Ordre de St. Georges russe.

Date 1916

Medium / Technique Metal: steel, gold; wood; skin: leather; mineral, diamond

DimensionsHeight: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) Weight: 1.6 kg (3.5 lb.) Width: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.) Length: 99.3 cm (39 1/8 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Armaments - Edged Weapons

Origin Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Russia, Europe

Object Number1992.26 abc

DivisionMaterial Culture - Military Objects and Weapons

CollectionStewart

Status

Not on view

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