Russian Navy sword for bravery with the Order of St. Ann

[lastwarIP]

Hello, I have a Russian sword for navy officers with a miniature of the Order of St. Ann of the 4th class.
Overall length with the scabbard.........................413 mm
Overall length without the scabbard....................390 mm
Length of the blade. ...........................................287 mm
Width of the blade................................................17 mm
Span of the guard (cross bar).................................77 mm
Length of the scabbard.........................................305 mm
Help me please to determine the historical value of the sward. Thank You

 

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[BladeScout]

Just beautiful. Great pics.

 

[horseclover]

Replied to in another venue. Valuations are not permitted at your user level. 4th class items were the most common and awarded to virtually all that served.

 

[Alex .]

This dagger is artificially aged replica.

 

[lastwarIP]

Hi friends! Please let me know , why You think that it is only replica? Thank You

 

[lastwarIP]

Hello, friends! Here are photos and video of the sword in disassembled condition for more detailed study and the expert's opinion from expert of historical weapons - the head of the historical branch of the East Bohemian Pardubice Museum - pan Mgr. Jan Tetřev
The registration of an expert in the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic
here is the link http://datalot.justice.cz/justice/rep...
Here is the link for download Experts opinion https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9Ank/ezS...
Here is the link for download fotos of the sword
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SD9Bs65P2HX...
here is the link for video of the sword

Regards!

 

[Alex .]

Zlatoust arms factory never blued dagger blades. Also, they never used this kind of etch.
Couple more things: this distributor used different logo, the inscription “For Bravery” is totally wrong because it must be chiseled. And there are more things that are wrong.

Looks like somebody spent lots of time making this dagger, it looks good, but it’s a replica. More like a fantasy dagger really …..

 

[betover]

This look more like a long knife then a sword to me. I did a search & came up with

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23819

The bluing seems wrong to me. RE the documentation, this could be produced by anyone with a printer. It's a copy, but you do have good pics and if you came up with the right story someone would buy it on eBAY. If you need a tax deduction some museum might take it. No serious collector is going to touch this thing. At any rate showing it at knife forums does not seem to be helping your cause. If there is a Comic Con coming up in your area, you might find a taker. Now that I think on it Comic Con is where this blade belongs.

 

[mordhaus]

Is replica, Comrade. I suggest selling to Gopnick, who will not know difference.