A German executioner's sword, dated 1674, with a brass gadrooned pommel, ribbed grip and gadrooned brass chappe, the blade with engraved foliate decoration and the inscription 'Wan Ich Das Schwert du Auf Heben' and a Catherine wheel to one side, the other side with 'So Wunsch Ich Dem Armen Sunder Das Ewige Leben 1674' with a gallows, length 170.5 cm