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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9568624, member: 78949"]<font size="5">Hi friends and sorry for being absent for so long!</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">The words say "Don's (Donskaya) Glory (Slava) 1812-1814" or "The Glory of Don 1812-1814" "Донская слава 1812-1814" which relates the sabre to the Napoleon war in Russia and the Cossacks participation in it. The Russians call this war "Motherland War of 1812" or "Patriotic War of 1812" to distinguish from The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 with Nazi Germany. </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">The "Don" of cossacks (if the word Don is meant to be the chief of cossacks) is called "Ataman/Атаман" in Russian, and Don here is the name of the river Don along which the main part of cossacks resided in the Russian Empire. </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">I don't see any name of a person on the photos provided. Edit: indeed the name of Ataman Count Platov is engraved on the round spot on the hilt, along the rim, I looked only at the blade inscription, my mistake. </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Platov was Ataman of Cossacks from 1801 till his death in early 1818 and indeed was renowned in the war with Napoleon but I don't see his name on the sward or sabre (edit, I saw it, see above) I am no expert in weaponry and cannot tell if it is commemorative or military</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9568624, member: 78949"][SIZE=5]Hi friends and sorry for being absent for so long! The words say "Don's (Donskaya) Glory (Slava) 1812-1814" or "The Glory of Don 1812-1814" "Донская слава 1812-1814" which relates the sabre to the Napoleon war in Russia and the Cossacks participation in it. The Russians call this war "Motherland War of 1812" or "Patriotic War of 1812" to distinguish from The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 with Nazi Germany. The "Don" of cossacks (if the word Don is meant to be the chief of cossacks) is called "Ataman/Атаман" in Russian, and Don here is the name of the river Don along which the main part of cossacks resided in the Russian Empire. I don't see any name of a person on the photos provided. Edit: indeed the name of Ataman Count Platov is engraved on the round spot on the hilt, along the rim, I looked only at the blade inscription, my mistake. Platov was Ataman of Cossacks from 1801 till his death in early 1818 and indeed was renowned in the war with Napoleon but I don't see his name on the sward or sabre (edit, I saw it, see above) I am no expert in weaponry and cannot tell if it is commemorative or military[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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