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15 - An officer’s chachka from the Dragoons of the Order of St An…
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Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
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Description
An officer’s chachka from the Dragoons of the Order of St Anne, “For Valour”, 1881 model, with a single-branch hilt in gilded bronze engraved on both sides in Cyrillic with the inscription ‘For Valour’, the pommel inlaid with the 4th-class insignia of the Order of St Anne in gilded bronze and red enamel, the tang is fluted blackened wood; the steel blade is decorated on one side with the double-headed imperial eagle and the mark of the Zlatoust arms factory. With its wooden scabbard covered in brown leather and gilded bronze fittings, inscribed at the top in Cyrillic: ‘As a memento, to the company commander, Second Captain V. M. Pouchkov, presented by the rank and file of the 4th Company, 1908’. Signs of wear and impact. Russia, circa 1908. L. 94 cm (with scabbard); L. 91.5 cm (shashka). Provenance Presented to Captain V.M. Pushkov in 1908. Bibliography For a similar chachka, see A.N. Koulinski, *Russian Edged Weapons*, Atlant, Saint Petersburg, 2005, p. 329 (no. 229).
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About the sale Russian Art – Mr G’s Collection – Part 2
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Auction time 09/17/2026 at 1:30 PM
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