Alright Jim,
I have checked both examples at the Wallace and went into a search for the half moon mark in Spanish sites.
The only citation i found is that, Master Juan Martin used a half moon punzon as his personal mark (#39 in Palomares nomina).
"MUY BONITAS Y DIGNAS DE CONOCERSE SON LAS DE JUAN MARTIN QUE USÓ UNA MEDIALUNA EN CUARTO CRECIENTE"
On the other hand i often read that the statute of being a Espadero del Rey is represented with the Royal crown above the master's personal mark escutcheon.
"REMATADA EM CORONA REAL POR POSEER EL TITULO DE ESPADERO DEL REY"
But if you give it a different reading of the Wallace descriptions, they mention the half moon of "an" espadero del rey and not of "the" espaderos del rey, meaning to say that, they may be referring to a "determined" espadero and not the espaderos "in general"; which brings us to consider that of the said Juan Martin ... or a spurious use of such Master.
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