AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SILVER MOUNTED CAUCASIAN SHASHKA, GUZUNOV, CIRCA 1902, award for bravery; the blade with maker’s mark of Guzunov, slightly curved, with Nikolai II monogram, signed for the Commander of 2nd Cossack division Tumanishvili Nikolai Georgievich 1902; engraved bone details carved with flower ornaments on niello silver hilt and niello silver inserts on black leather scabbard; order of St. Anne on handle and double headed eagle on reverse; 84 standard assayer's marks on hilt and scabbard inserts. Length of blade: 81 cm (32 in). Overall length: 100 cm (39.5 in)