NavyFCO Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 At the SOS, I picked up a really neat miniature presentation dagger to a Navy General Major Terenti Maksimovich Zubov in 1952. I know that from January through May 1945 he was Commander of the Coastal Defenses for Seskaro (Leningrad area). In 1967, he was in the reserves and Chief of the Tallinn Section of Soviet War Veterans. He did a couple random things in the 1980s (published a book review and was head of the Military Science Society of the Tallinn Officers Club) and was awarded the Nakhimov 2nd. (Info thanks to Biographical Directory of Flag Rank Soviet & Russian Naval Officers, 1917-1999). Does anyone else have any info on his career? Or perhaps a photo of him? I'm going to see if I can get his service history or other info from the archives, but being a naval officer, I'm not counting on it. Thanks for any help in advance!DaveP.S. Yes, before you ask I will post a picture up later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyFCO Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Here's a picture of the engraving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyFCO Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 And here's a picture of it next to a "big" brother... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Becker Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Nice piece, Dave. I didn?t know, the soviets had miniature daggers too. Sorry, can?t help with info about Zubov.Gerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usairforce Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Dave,That's a VERY NICE find!!! Soon I'm going to start collecting these and it will be all your fault!! Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Dave,That's a VERY NICE find!!! Soon I'm going to start collecting these and it will be all your fault!! Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Dave,That's a VERY NICE find!!! Soon I'm going to start collecting these and it will be all your fault!! Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Is the little one maker marked too? Never seen one before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyFCO Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Is the little one maker marked too? Never seen one before! The little guy isn't maker marked at all. At first, I thought it was a custom-made one-off piece as I've never seen one before (yes, hard to imagine, but...) , but I talked to one of the big Russian dealers and he told me that he's seen about three of them in the past 15 years, all of them awarded to flag/general officers, just like the full sized presentation ones. I saw it and just fell in love with it - it's really just a super piece! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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