AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN TSAR NICHOLAS II NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD FOR BRAVERY WITH THE BADGE OF THE ORDER OF ST GEORGE, of regulation type, with straight pipe-backed plated German blade signed P. D. Luneschloss, Solingen at the forte (the plating with small losses), gilt-brass hilt including outer bars inscribed 'for Bravery' in Cyrillic, back-strap with crowned Imperial cypher and pommel set with the white enamelled cross for the Order of St George, gilt-brass grip (binding missing), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt-brass mounts comprising chape, middle-band and locket, all decorated with olive foliage, and the latter two each with a ring for suspension, with strap and a portion of its knot, 83.8 cm blade Provenance Bought in an antique shop circa 1975. Property from the Collection of a Distinguished Scholar and Collector