A PARCEL-GILT PRESENTATION PAPER KNIFE
MARK OF N. IANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Formed as an officer cuirassier pallasch, 1826 pattern, with the four-bar hilt engraved with the Cyrillic monogram 'GE' and the Russian inscription 'In memory of our dear comrade, the family of the 3d Sotnia', the scabbard engraved with the date '20.2.1892', with temliak, the blade with engraved facsimile signatures, in the original leather fitted case, marked on scabbard, blade and hilt
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) long
6.11 oz. (189.9 gr.) gross
A PARCEL-GILT PRESENTATION PAPER KNIFE
MARK OF N. IANICHKIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Formed as an officer cuirassier pallasch, 1826 pattern, with the four-bar hilt engraved with the Cyrillic monogram 'GE' and the Russian inscription 'In memory of our dear comrade, the family of the 3d Sotnia', the scabbard engraved with the date '20.2.1892', with temliak, the blade with engraved facsimile signatures, in the original leather fitted case, marked on scabbard, blade and hilt
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) long
6.11 oz. (189.9 gr.) gross