A GERMAN OR SWISS SABRE with slightly curved hollow ground single-edged blade back-edged towards the point and engraved on one face with a hand holding a falchion, iron hilt comprising vertically recurved quillons, the rear one with lobed-shaped tip, the front one forming a knuckle-guard, inner loop-guard, half thumb-ring, solid triangular hand-guard, the top shaped as a stylised bird's head, stylised bird's head pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip (binding loose), late 16th Century