I tend to agree with both of you, my visual impression matches the points you raise.
Isn't that "bottleneck" profile of the grip more appropriate on the longer, "bastard" or hand-and-half hilts, and particularly those from the German lands?
The cross and orb symbol is typically German, 16th cent.
The fuller at the axis of the blade is quite irregular (not a match to the quality of the hilt) even by the less-than-perfect standards of pre-industrial production cutlery. However, the blade shows signs of age and apparently heavy use too since the edges have the irregularity associated with extensive sharpening, with heavy grinding locally to remove deep notches.
The tang button makes me suspicious and only helps cement my suspicion that the sword may be a composite.
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