A GERMAN SWEPT-HILT RAPIER with tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section, the central fuller stamped 'In Toledo' on each face at the forte, recessed ricasso en suite, iron hilt with guard of mainly wide bars comprising knuckle-guard (incomplete), long downcurved rear quillon with disc-shaped tip, arms, the tips carrying two side-rings on each side, the outer one linked to the knuckle-guard, bifurcated bar on the inside, barrel-shaped pommel, and later wire-bound wooden grip, early 17th Century