Since its birth in the Bronze Age, the European sword has had both practical combat functions and symbolic ones. In the latter, it referred to the world of gods and, more broadly, mythology, power, social structure, ethics and law. Before it became a powerful symbol of European knighthood, it was the hallmark of the Celtic warrior of the La Tène period, while in the 5th century AD the so-called Goldgriffspathas, and in the 6th and 7th century AD ring-swords were a clear sign of members of elite warrior groups in Germanic countries. In my presentation, I ask whether, in the early Piast realities, some types of swords, apart from the obvious emblem of the upper layers of social stratigraphy, could also be a carrier of information about membership in a professional warrior group. I will take a closer look at the decorated S and Z type (by J. Petersen) swords, but also at the α type distinguished by A. Nadolski, which gained popularity from the beginning of the 11th century.