Internationale Orden & Militaria

| 97 Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Mit dem Zerfall des russischen Reichs im Zuge der Oktoberrevolution erhielt Estland am 24.2.1918 seine Unabhängigkeit, die 1940 mit der Annexion durch die Sowjetunion ge- mäß des Hitler-Stalin-Pakts verloren ging. Achtung – Versand in Nicht-EU-Staaten unterliegt CITES-Regularien. A dagger for officers of the army, with an ivory grip, 1920s/30s The double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section, the ridge reach- ing almost to the point. No manufacturer’s mark. The brass hilt origi- nally gilt, the quillons with the colours of Estonia enamelled on the cop- per escutcheon on the obverse languet and the Estonian coat of arms on the reverse languet. The rounded ivory grip with several tension cracks. 4011 The scabbard covered in brown leather, with three originally gilt brass fittings and two suspension rings. The scabbard fittings and the rivet on the pommel all numbered “3”. The pommel itself and the quillons are also likely to bear the same number on the inside. Length of the dagger 40.5 cm, overall length 43 cm. Of the utmost rarity. Following the collapse of the Russian empire in the wake of the October Revolution, Estonia declared its independence on 24 February 1918, which was lost in 1940 on the annexation by the Soviet Union under the Hitler-Stalin Pact. Attention – shipping to non-EU countries subject to CITES regulations . 258580 I - II € 8.000