CAUCASIAN TYPE COSSACK OFFICER's SHASHKA with Turkish blade
The steel blade is wide, single-edged and curved ...

CAUCASIAN TYPE COSSACK OFFICER's SHASHKA with Turkish blade
The steel blade is wide, single-edged and curved with engraved images on both sides of the crescent, vegetal ornament, and inscriptions: «Constantinople» and «J. Nikitits Erben»
Handle has a bifurcated head, decorated with Dagestan plant ornament, executed by engraving and blackening, scabbards are wooden and covered in leather
length overall: 102cm; width of blade at the heel: 7cm
Russia, the Caucasus; The Ottoman Empire, second half of the XIX century