A RAPIER with tapering blade of flattened diamond section with narrow central fuller throughout its length on each side, short ricasso struck on each face with a mark, a crowned saltire, iron hilt comprising symmetrical guard with slender scrolled quillons (one repaired), arms and two side-rings on each side, the lower ones filled with pierced plates, fluted quillon block, fluted ovoidal pommel, and later leather-bound wooden grip, circa 1630-40, probably German