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

Officer’s Parade Dagger

   

Detailed information

Name of the object

Officer’s Parade Dagger

Inventory №

3848

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Total length 340 mm, blade length 220 mm, blade width 16 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

New History

Item description

For Labour Service – Tsardom of Bulgaria – second issue. The blade is double-edged with a fuller on each side. Cross guard projecting in a lion’s head on one side and a pickaxe and a shovel – stylized, on the other. The hilt is of synthetic material, projecting in a crown. The scabbard is of iron, varnished in black. Locket, chape and two suspension rings of bronze.
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