Original Southern Russian Hetman's War Axe from the Caucasus Area c.1830 U.S. Grenades The design was influenced by

The design was influenced by the French heavy cavalry sword of the Napoleonic Wars as well as French cavalry doctrine that emphasized the use of the point over the edge and is similar to the British Pattern 1908 and 1912 cavalry swords

to allow its men to be used to for the French First Army

More often than not the carriers were used for other purposes and the masks long discarded which makes them hard to find today

Blade length is approximately 10 1/8" and overall length 15 1/2"

which slides over the belt and secures underneath it

Original Southern Russian Hetman's War Axe from the Caucasus Area c.1830 U.S. Grenades The design was influenced byOriginal Item. Only One Available. A Hetman was a Military Tribal leader of great variety of Eurasion populations that stretched from Hungary in Eastern Europe right across the Ukraine, the Caucasus to the Southern Russian territories of what we now know as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. These diverse peoples, who over the years practiced many religions, were fierce warriors who guarded the Silk Road trade routes from Europe to China. This war Axe