bardiche

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Originally Posted by Victrix

I think these things were mostly known to be used by the Russian streltsy? The mark looks like a city coat of arms as the ”crown” consists of a series of fortified towers. The animal looks like a bear. Berlin has a bear in its coat of arms.

To me the animal seems more like a donkey.
As to the letters they could read RVA or SVA. The first letter is not clear.