A COMPOSITE SWORD with tapering double-edged blade of flat oval section (one edge slightly damaged), each face of the forte etched respectively 'Enriqe Col Espadeiro' and 'Em Allemanha' with orb and cross marks, iron hilt comprising a guard from a rapier with slender quillons widening towards the tips and slender knuckle-guard, flanked on each side by eight upturned rings (repaired) forming a deep cup, the innermost rings framing scallop-shaped shells, tapering octagonal pommel inlaid with silver, and writhen wire-bound wooden grip, partly early 17th Century