When i bought this rifle I didn't notice the crosses until I got it home and cleaned off the cosmo. They have been sanded as the whole stock has and shellacked over prior to to being put into war reserve. The stock is an early Tula while the action is 1924 Izzy.
My best guess is Vladimir heated the tip of his bayonet and burned his tally into the stock during one of Mother Russiaicon's conflicts.
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