Krassin 45 Copying Hard

Finding Soviet pencils pre-WWII can prove to be rather difficult.  As with all Russian pencils, the date on this pencil is represented by the 45 = 1945.  I am going to label this one as a WWII era Soviet pencil, but of course it would be hard to say exactly if it was made before September 2, 1945....if so, it's a survivor.

The pencil logo and name of pencil features Soviet icebreaker Krassin (or Krasin) which became world-famous for its rescue of the Swedish Arctic expedition led by Nobel.