Hi I'm a new member and have been given an old sword that my late father acquired many years ago. I'm trying to find out some info on it but not sure where to start. It's not in very good condition unfortunately and the chord and handle are in bits and the blade is very rusty.  There are no marking that I can see on the tang but there are markings around the collar.  As I was trying to remove the handle the chords fell apart but I did notice that there were pieces of pap