A MID 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH OFFICER'S MORTUARY HILTED

A MID 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH OFFICER'S MORTUARY HILTED RAPIER, 91.5cm flattened diamond section blade indistinctly signed in the short central fuller, upturned shell guard pierced with vines, flowerheads and opposing faces, the quillons with flattened face terminals, D-shaped knuckle guard with flattened face at the mid point, chiselled spherical pommel decorated with two opposing faces, plain wooden grip, split, with copper wire Turks' heads.