An English 'Mortuary' Hilted Backsword, Mid-17th Century

With tapering blade joined at the forte and cut with three fullers over most of its length on each side, two extending to the double-edged point, the fullers on both sides of the forte incised 'ME SOLINGEN FECIT' between punched trefoils, iron hilt (some pitting) comprising guard pierced and chiselled with a portrait bust on each side between profile heads amid scrolling foliage, short scrolled wrist-guard, knuckle-guard flanked by two diagonal bars to bifurcated bars all chiselled with foliage, the knuckle-guard and side-bars screwed to the globular pommel chiselled with foliage en suite, and grip bound with two thicknesses of twisted brass wire between Turk's heads
89.5 cm. blade