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					Originally Posted by MUFASA
					
				 
				very interesting blade!!! 
			
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 Yes, you are correct. The only one I have encountered so far. Likely it is the result of Mashkov’s expedition to Addis Ababa in 1889  and the resulting  sales of Russian military equipment to Ethiopia. Russian mountain  guns  were used at the Battle of Adwa. Likely, my sword is from the same period and the same battle.