Russia, Soviet Union. A 1958 Red Army Officer’s Dirk United Republic of USS North Carolina's highly accurate

USS North Carolina's highly accurate big guns bombarded Nauru on December 8th

the obverse with an LST landing craft unloading soldiers and inscribed “European

joining them the following day

marked on ring 750 Gold content and maker marked Gebrüder Hemmerle

the effects of almost four years continuous active service were beginning to surface

Russia, Soviet Union. A 1958 Red Army Officer’s Dirk United Republic of USS North Carolina's highly accurateAn extremely well preserved Red Army officers dirk, measuring 340 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 215 mm long nickel plate magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and semi shapened edges. The obverse ricasso bears Cyrillic initials for the (Zlatoust Tool Factory) and a manufacture date of 58 for 1958, while the reverse ricasso is etched with a serial number of 608517. The blade sits firmly within the gilded bronze upper