A RIDING SWORD with broad sharply tapering blade of flattened diamond section and recessed leather-covered ricasso, iron hilt of slender bars with vertically recurved quillons with bulbous pointed tips, arms with single projection, loop-guard on the outside and down-bent ring on the inside, faceted ovoidal pommel (button replaced), and wire-bound wooden grip (pitted overall), early 17th Century, probably German