A GERMAN SABRE, the slightly curved single-edged blade double-edged towards the point and with a shallow fuller along the back on each face, one struck with a double sickle mark between rosettes, half-basket hilt of mainly flat bars with lozenge-shaped centres, slightly arched quillons of flattened trumpet shape with small buttons, side-ring on the outside with curved bar linked to the knuckle-guard, the space between filled by a diagonal, inner loop-guard with thumb-ring, and flattened pyramidal pommel, engraved throughout with fine scrollwork (rubbed), and wooden grip (damaged), circa 1570; and a Schiavona in 17th Century Venetian style with straight fullered double-edged blade, half-basket hilt of characteristic form, flat octagonal pommel engraved with rosettes, and wooden grip