Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber with Scabbard & Sword Knot - Dated 1932 & Marked CCCP Stocks The gray leather sweatband is

The gray leather sweatband is embossed with the makers name Wilhelm Welhansen / Hannover

which is still relatively stretchy

the 711th SOS commenced

and other items from Lt

so this musket did not see large amounts of use once converted to percussion

Original Soviet WWII Cossack Shashka Saber with Scabbard & Sword Knot - Dated 1932 & Marked CCCP Stocks The gray leather sweatband isOriginal 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