Sorry, I'm not savvy enough to attach threads, so I brought it up again. It's the "old Dutch hanger' thread presently presented. The Dutch name for these swords, with their entire hilt being a crouching lion, is unpronouncable by me!! The item you posted seemed to have used the same type grip from one of these swords. Tehn again, perhaps the German creator just liked the form and used it from existing patterns-
