A CENTRAL ASIAN SILVER MOUNTED SHASHKA SWORD LATE 19TH CENTURY
With straight steel blade engraved with a figure of an Emir, moon and stars, the silver hilt with Asian lock decorated with niello and marked Moscow, 1885 and 84 standard and later Soviet marks, the leather-covered scabbard decorated en suite, support ring attached. Length of blade: 77 cm (30 1/4 in).