Shows stamped maker marks / quality inspection stamps and the clearly legible Izhevsk Arsenal logo,

In outstanding, excellent condition: completely free of any rust or wear, and retaining nearly all of its original blueing.

Standard weapon of Soviet WW2 infantryman, and often the only one in the hands of the Soviet Infantryman in Stalingrad. Although automatic and semiautomatic weapons were phased into the Soviet Army by this time, the average man still carried the Mosin-Nagant. Notoriously ill-supplied with bullets, his rifle quickly became useless except as a handle for this bayonet.