A 17th Century North European 'Pappenheimer' rapier

A 17th Century North European 'Pappenheimer' rapier, slender diamond-section blade 43 in.; iron hilt formed of multiple swept bars, the recurved quillons with fish tail terminals, arms rising from the quillon block to meet two concentric pairs of loop guards, the inner pair occupied by shell guards pierced with stars and quatrefoils to form a lattice, counter guards departing from the back quillon and joining at the knuckle bow, faceted urn shaped pommel, wooden grip cut diagonally with channels and with copper wire Turk's heads at top and bottom, c. 1630.