Stangely, though the hilt was cast in bronze ... “This hoard is incredibly special. The rapier sword is really unusual because of the cast bronze handle. The bracelet decoration was quite ...

The two swords were an Indian Talwar with an Indo-Muslim hilt and a Dutch sword. Only one sword stick had a sheath and the one without a sheath was a Dutch rapier with the year 1747 and the V.O.C.

The hilt or handle had unusually been cast in ... 2,100 years before the Vikings came to Britain. Only two similar rapier swords have been found in Britain before and they were incomplete.