FNRJ YUGOSLAVIA CAVALRY OFFICER SWORD M1946 SERBIAN Serbia Dagger Antique Old
Item History & Price
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SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT:
AUTHENTIC FNRJ YUGOSLAVIA
M.1946 VICTORY PARADE
GUARD OFFICER SWORDwith orignal hanger.
EXTREMELY RARE SWORD.TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE.
The newly established, after-WWII, communist yugoslav army supreme command decided, that swords are obsolete and therefore, there was no need to adopt a sword model for officers. However, on the other hand, there were still parades, ceremonies, protocol duties ecc. in whose the lack of sword was somehow unthinka...ble. For those special ocasions, and later, also for officers of the Marshal Tito Guard Units, a very small number of existing Kingdom of Yugoslavia M1920 (and also longer M1924) swords were converterd and subsequently adopted for protocolar service. The conversion were made at the central army workshop, in the Kragujevac factory and consisted of removing the central, circular shaped, royal coat of arms, from the guard and replacing it with the communist 5 pointed star (made of goldened brass) for the model M1946, and SFRJ coat of arms for models M1961 and M1946.All 3 conversions are very rare, of whom the M1946 being the rarest.
The sword is in great original condition, no resorations - please refer to the photos.It is maker marked "Alcoso Solingen" and "ODEĆA" Bora Todorović Beograd (who was a well-known supplier for the Royal Yugoslav Army)
Blade lenght: 81 cmTotal lenght : 98 cm
ALL STRONG AND FIRM..NOTHING LOOSE OR WEAK.
ALMOST MINT CONDITION. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND!
PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS AS THEY FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPION.
WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AT COST (& COMBINED SHIPPING IS MUCH CHEAPER...2nd or 3rd sword often ships for no extra charge when combined)
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