Hi Martin,
Your observations are correct. I have seen such sabers described as dussages, Sinclair sabers and tessaks, but looking at true examples of such swords one can see that my sword does not really fit into these categories and can probably more correctly be described as a late 16th century Central European basket hilt saber. I try to collect antique arms of the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 ("try" being the key word) and I thought the sword might fit nicely into my fledgling collection as an example that might have been used in the early period of the war. I have included additional pictures that show the blade, but unfortunately have to play around with the originals to be able to attach a picture of the whole sword (the file size is too large).
Best,
P
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