Object Details
- Physical Description
- Imperial Russian Air Service officer's dirk; steel blade with brass guard and ivory grip; Imperial Russian double headed eagle crest depicted on the brass pommel; blade polished steel; brass guard and ivory grip.
- Summary
- This is an example of an officer's dirk from from the Imperial Russian Air Service.
- These particular dirk belonged to Lt. Col. K.N. Finne. He served as the Senior Flight Surgeon for the Imperial Russian Airship Squadron and assisted with Igor Sikorsky during the development of the Il’ya Muromets. He detailed the accounts of Sikorsky in Russia during this period in his book, "Igor Sikorsky: the Russian Years."
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Credit Line
- Gift of K.N. Finne
- Materials
- Steel
- Copper Alloy
- Ivory
- Possible Rubber
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 34.6 × 7.9 × 1cm (13 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 in.)
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Weapon
