Antique persian (iranian)military sword, sabre,shashka, russian officer style.

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Antique persian (iranian)military sword, sabre,shashka, russian officer style.:
$230.00

19 century russian officer type shashka for persian market.Looks like the drag (the tip of the scabbard) is missing. The Persian Cossack Brigade or Iranian Cossack Brigade was a Cossack-style elite cavalry unit formed in 1879 in Persia (modernIran). It was modelled after the Caucasian Cossack regiments of the Imperial Russian Army, and until 1920, it was commanded byRussian officers, while its rank and file were composed of ethnic Caucasians and later on Persians as well. During much of their history they were the only functional, effective military unit of the Qajar Dynasty