Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Dagger

   

Detailed information

Name of the object

Dagger

Inventory №

2321

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Total length 295 mm, blade length 180 mm, blade width 20 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Latest History

Item description

Double-edged blade, with a wide fuller on each side. The hilt is composite, made of lamellae of artificial material of different colours. The guard and the pommel are of bronze. The scabbard is also of bronze lamellae, soldered on the reverse. It belonged to Major General Bocharov – member of the Military Council of the 57th Soviet Army.
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