[Akanthus]

In his great book " Hirschfänger -Zur historischen Entwicklung jagdlicher Seitenwaffen " Mr.Herbert H.Westphal shows a 17th.century combination of a hunting sword grip with a executioners blade.Here you also find wheel and gallow.The weapon is peserved in the collection of Schloss Erbach.He mentioned that such a combination is extraordinary because people had stong reservations concerning executioners tools and his profession.In my opinion it possibly was the blade of a judicial sword, which was a symbol of jurisdiction.Same thing,different centuries.