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Ukrainian Officer’s Naval Dagger Model 1994
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Buy Ukrainian Officer’s Naval Dagger Model 1994⚔️ for gifts and collecting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Country: Ukraine
Date: 1996
Manufacturer: Unknown
Original
Condition: The item is in good collectible condition.
Completeness: Dagger with scabbard and suspension.
Collectible condition: 9/10.
Dear collectors and website visitors looking for gifts in the field of antiques, particularly antique weapons, we present to you: Ukrainian Officer’s Naval Dagger, Model 1994.
Handle is round, made of black plastic, featuring deep inclined grooves. At the bottom, there is a nut with two stripes around the perimeter. The head of the handle is cylindrical and screws onto the tang.
Crossguard is a cast stylized representation of the lower part of an Admiralty anchor. There is a locking button for the dagger in the scabbard at the intersection. All parts of the hilt are made of brass.
Blade is straight, flat, diamond-shaped in cross-section, double-edged, with a single shallow fuller along the edge, polished.
The dagger bears the mark “37 in a diamond” and the number – “G136”.
Scabbard is wooden, covered with black leather. The fittings of the scabbard are brass, consisting of the throat, band, and tip.
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Throat is decorated with the image of the national trident on an etched background. The reverse side of the scabbard features a “Rose of Winds”. The throat and band have movable rings for attaching the shoulder straps.
Historical Note on the Ukrainian Dagger:
While Ukraine was part of the USSR, it lacked its own national armed forces. All weaponry was supplied by Russian factories or enterprises located in Ukraine. Despite declaring independence from the USSR on August 24, 1991, daggers for military academy graduates were supplied from the Russian factory “Bulat” (Zlatoust) until 1992. After 1992, supplies ceased, and the Ukrainian armed forces faced the challenge of equipping the national army with all types of weapons, including daggers. While firearms were produced by several Ukrainian factories, cold weapons were only manufactured on Russian territory, and Ukraine had no traditions in their production.
In 1993, the issue of equipping was partially resolved: an inventory was conducted in warehouses, and all defective or damaged specimens from old stocks of daggers were restored to a more or less acceptable condition and sent to the troops. However, the urgency of the problem remained, which greatly irritated Major General V. I. Tsymbalyuk, the head of the Supply Management of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He issued an order to develop a domestic dagger as quickly as possible. Active work began in December 1993.
By May 1994, it was necessary to produce only 500 specimens. Due to a lack of funds for professional development of the model, they immediately turned to the “37 SMZ” enterprise of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, where it was decided to establish dagger production. There, a locksmith named Bohdan Hryhorovych Kicha was instrumental in creating the first Ukrainian dagger intended for the Ukrainian Navy.
Four variants were produced, and the Minister of Defense of Ukraine selected one, which was approved by Order No. D-2 on January 6, 1994. Due to the urgency, the dagger is a compilation of different parts from German and Russian daggers, incorporating national Ukrainian symbolism. Due to the bankruptcy of “37 SMZ” in 1994, only about 100 units of the daggers were produced. In 1995, the “Bulat-NVR” enterprise produced another 400 specimens. In total, 500 daggers of the 1994 model were produced. There are reports that development is currently underway for three types of daggers intended for the air force, navy, and ground armed forces of Ukraine.
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