Sword of Grossenwieden
The sword was found in gravel from the river Weser, at Grossenwieden, which is part of the city Hessisch-Oldendorf in Niedersachsen. Die Gefäßteile [or the guard and pommel ] contains sheet metal (en:) containing an alloy of tin and lead. The lead seems to originate from a source that mostly was emptied during the Age of the Romans.