RARE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL NAVY OFFICER'S DIRK, 1914
A Russian M1914 army officer's dagger with filed off cipher of NII attributed to the Provisional Government of 1917.
The dirks from Provisional Government of 1917 are MORE RARE than the other Russian Imperial dirks from 20 C.
The 9 3/4 inch blade of diamond shape with deep fullers on each side with engraved floral motif and double headed eagle.
Cyrillic inscription on the reverse: Zlataoust/Russia/Army.
Wooden scabbard covered with black leather. Gilt brass scabbard with gilt brass mounts.
SIZE: L. 15 3/4 inches (40 cm).
ESTIMATE PRICE: $2,000 - $3,000.
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WIKIPEDIA: The Imperial Russian Navy was the navy of the Russian Empire. It was formally established in 1696 and lasted until being disrupted during the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from a smaller force that had existed prior to Czar Peter the Great's founding the regular Russian Navy during the Second Azov campaign. It was expanded in the second half of the 18th century and by the early part of the 19th century, it reached its peak strength, behind only the British and French fleets in terms of size. Officers were drawn from the aristocracy of the Empire, who belonged to the state Russian Orthodox Church. Young aristocrats began to be trained for leadership at a national naval school. From 1818 on, only officers of the Imperial Russian Navy were appointed to the position of Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company, which was based in Russian America (present-day Alaska) for colonization and fur trade development. After the navy was initially staffed by paid foreign sailors, the government began to recruit native-born sailors as conscripts, drafted as were men to serve in the army. Service in the navy was lifelong. The navy had mixed experiences during the First World War, with the Germans generally gaining the upper hand in the Baltic Sea. The Russians took control of the Black Sea. The Russian Revolution marked the end of the Imperial Navy; its officers had mostly aligned with the Tsar, and the sailors split to fight on either side. The surviving ships were taken over by the Soviet Navy when it was established in 1918 after the Revolution.

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