the hilt is in hollow silvered bronze with a steel blade
thus revealing the brass underneath
It completes with a pommel bearing an insertion slot with a functional spring button
including a Field Artillery Honour Cross
Although the exterior has scattered spotting
Russia, Soviet Union. A Pair of Awards Hold the hilt is in hollow1. An Order of the Red Banner, Type IV, constructed of a silver with gilt and enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate with horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of gilded circular wreath, joined together at the bottom by a red enameled banner bearing silvered Russian Cyrcillic letters , surrounding a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a bayonet, hammer, and plow, in turn bearing