Faked Marshal USSR Dagger

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Three days ago Soviet dagger to Marshal of the USSR was sold on eBay for $2,400:

"Soviet Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union Presentation Dagger. This stunning boxed dagger was presented by the Soviet Minister of Defence to the former Chief of Staff of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Akhromeyev. The dagger and the presentation box (made of wood) are in excellent condition. The inscription on the handle reads: “To Marshal of USSR S.F. Akhromeyev on his 60th birthday from the Minister of Defence 1983.” This is an extremely rare example of a presentation dagger, the rank of the Marshal of the USSR was bestowed to a handful of Soviet commanders. Marshal Akhromeyev was a military adviser to President Gorbachev; he later joined the unsuccessful coup attempt against Boris Yeltsin and committed suicide shortly thereafter. The dagger is guaranteed to be authentic. "