AN ENGLISH BACKSWORD with fullered single-edged blade stamped 'Clemens Wilems Me Fecit Soligen' on each face of the forte, iron guard incised with conventional foliage and comprising two asymmetrical upturned shells linked to the pommel by a broad central knuckle-guard with S-scrolls at its base and a bar on the outer side, short scrolled rear quillon, deep brass pommel cast with foliage and formed as a monster-head, and natural staghorn grip, circa 1640-50