Sword Identification

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Hey /his/. For as long I can remember my grandfather has had a sword lying around. I recently proposed to try to get some more information on it so I figured I give this board a shot because I've seen weapon discussions here before.
Here's some background:
My great-grandparents moved into an old house/villa in the Southern Netherlands circa 1935. It used to belong to a rich and stuck up family that went bankrupt and kind of disappeared 10+ years before that. My grandfather found the sword somewhere in the attic of the house. After my he found it it was passed on to the local mayor and pastor, who's maid obsessively cleaned it making the engraving hard to see. At some point my grandfather got it back, I don't exactly know how.
It's a little bit less than a meter long and as mentioned it isn't in the best state possible. It does seem to be well made, at least the decorations. Now I don't know a whole lot about swords but I guess it's between 150-100 years old and purely ceremonial. My grandfather suggested that it might have been used for fencing.

Does anyone here have the knowledge/time to tell me some more about this item? If not I'll try /k/