Original Soviet Russian Post-WWII Naval Dagger with No Button & Scabbard - Dated 1946
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a great wartime example of the traditional Soviet Union Naval Officer's Dagger, which has gilt brass alloy mounts, and comes complete with its scabbard. The blade ricasso is maker marked and dated with HM3 / 1946, and has a serial number on the reverse: NO 25290. The grip of some sort of yellow ochre type bone. The pommel has a Soviet Star on the tip, and the USSR Emblem on the side. The pommel cap is unscrewable to take apart the dagger. The brass mounted leather scabbard is engraved on the throat with a fouled anchor on one side, and a Man-o-War on the reverse.
The dagger is 12 1/2 inches long with a 8 1/2 inch double edged spear-point blade, a classic dagger design..The blade is still sharp and retains the leather blade buffer. It was sharpened during the period. There is some wear to the brass hilt fittings, and minor oxidation to the blade.
They are very scarce, and we don’t expect to find another of this early post-WWII era anytime soon.
Ready to display.
In February 1946, the Red Fleet was renamed and became known as the Soviet Navy. After the war, the Soviets concluded that they needed a navy that could disrupt supply lines, and display a small naval presence to the developing world. As the natural resources the Soviet Union needed were available on the Eurasian landmass, it did not need a navy to protect a large commercial fleet, as the western navies were configured to do. Later, countering seaborne nuclear delivery systems became another significant objective of the navy, and an impetus for expansion.
The Soviet Navy was structured around submarines and small, maneuverable, tactical vessels. The Soviet shipbuilding program kept yards busy constructing submarines based upon World War II German Kriegsmarine designs, which were launched with great frequency during the immediate post-war years. Afterwards, through a combination of indigenous research and technology obtained through espionage from Germany and the Western nations, the Soviets gradually improved their submarine designs.
The Soviets were quick to equip their surface fleet with missiles of various sorts. Indeed, it became a feature of Soviet design to place large missiles onto relatively small, but fast, missile boats, while in the West such an approach would never have been considered tactically feasible. The Soviet Navy did also possess several very large and well-armed guided-missile cruisers, like those of the Kirov and Slava classes. By the 1970s, Soviet submarine technology was in some respects more advanced than in the West, and several of their submarine types were considered superior to their American rivals.
Specifications:
Blade Length: 8 3/8"
Blade Style: Double Edged Spear Point Dagger
Overall length: 12¼“
Crossguard: 3 1/4”
Scabbard Length: 9¼"
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