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Physical description
Blade: form: very long and well curved plated-steel blade with flat back. Approximately the last 60 mm [2.362 ins] is double-edged. Well formed semi-spear, almost prow point. Like WEA 1097 the blade has a single wide fuller on each side. Unlike WEA 1097 the fullers extend almost to the double-edge. Stops nearer guard squared, stops nearer tip rounded.
1. moulded on pommel
2. moulded and enamelled on pommel end
3. engraved on both sides of handguard
4. engraved on back of blade
1. Cipher of Tsar Nicholas II
2. badge of order of St Anne (see description)
3. za khrabrosti (?) ['for bravery']
4. illegible Russian inscription
