the slightly curved, steel blade inlaid with gold insignia of the Soviet state and Cyrillic letters RSFSR and engraved with inscription in Cyrillic 'To comrade Neiman K. A.' and stamped with factory mark, wooden hilt with brass mounts, leather-covered scabbard with attached order of the Red Banner and small bullet hole, support ring attached, length of blade: 86 cm (33 3/4 in.). For a similar sword see Zdobnov I.P., Kholodnoe oruzhie Krasnoi Armii, Kiev, 2005, pp. 98-99.