A COMPOSITE GERMAN BROADSWORD with later double-edged blade with wide central fuller, the forte etched with horsemen and inscriptions (rubbed), iron hilt comprising long slightly arched quillons with spatulate tips with buttons, knuckle-guard swelling in the centre and linked by a similar bar to a triangular hand-guard, single front arm in one with an inner loop-guard carrying a thumb-ring, engraved throughout on the outside with foliated scrollwork, flattened pyramidal pommel en suite, and leather-covered cord-bound grip, circa 1580, possibly Brunswick