Soviet WWII Cavalry Officer Shashka Sword

This cavalry sword features a curved, single-edged steel blade with a broad fuller, a brass pommel, and a ribbed wooden grip. The leather-wrapped wooden scabbard has brass fittings. Designed as the Model 1927 shashka, this sidearm was carried by Soviet cavalry officers during the Great Patriotic War and World War II. It represents the continuation of traditional Cossack sabers in the Red Army. The blade is unsharpened, showing light handling marks and oxidation spots near the tip. The brass pommel is decorated with the Soviet hammer and sickle emblem and inspection stamps.