The crown with the "RV," under it has been driving me little nuts lately so how about a crazy theory?
In the Spanish Colonial Philippines in 1897, the troop numbers were approximately 26,032 Spaniards, 17,032 Native troops, and 2857 Volunteers. The One Battalion Carabineros were volunteer riflemen comprised of 14 Spanish Officers and 415 Native troops.Volunteer Regiment in Spanish is Regimiento de Voluntarios, hence (maybe, hopefully, possibly}, "RV;"does this make any sense?
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