Russia, Imperial. A 1783 Commemorative Medal For The Benefits Of The Russian Word Buy Now 5 mm u-shaped bracket with

5 mm u-shaped bracket with die-holes at either end

It was called "hitting the silk"

and include some oxidation of the blade and two fine cracks to the bone handle

blade has excellent details to the Damascus pattern

Russia, Imperial. A 1783 Commemorative Medal For The Benefits Of The Russian Word Buy Now 5 mm u-shaped bracket withConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Empress Catherine II (the Great), circumscribed by name and title in Cyrillic, the reverse bearing the Empress monogram, situated atop a radiant background and within a circular laurel leaf wreath, circumscribed by a Cyrillic inscription indicating that the medal was struck to commemorate the benefits of the Russian word, joined together at the bottom by a date of 21