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Cossack Officer's Sword
Production: Zlato ust factory
Cossack Officer's sword (Order of St. George?). Steel blade; gilt metal hilt; black leather scabbard with gilt metal lockets and chape. Mark on the top edge of the blade 'zlat. or. zabr'. Russian, Uffa Province.
History note: Ivan Veretenikov (John Cook); Vera Ivanovna Cook; T. Armstrong family
Length: 86 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1980-10-13) by Armstrong, T.
19th Century, Late
Circa
1870
CE
-
1900
CE
Chape
composed of
gilt-metal
Hilt
composed of
gilt-metal
Lockets
composed of
gilt-metal
Blade
composed of
steel
Scabbard
composed of
leather
Decoration
Sword
Accession number: M.17 & A-1980
Primary reference Number: 19148
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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