Spanish Model 1840 Cavalry Sword ?

[Gonzalo G]

It could be argued several explanations for the maintenance of the crown, from economic and logistic, to political. In an ideal situation, the crown could be erased, but not necessarily. If I continue speculating, we must take in account: first, that the crown was part of the coat of arms of the first Spanish republic, so it was not indispensable to erase it; second, that the erasing would have more cost and delayings in their delivery back to the cavalry units, in a situation of eminent military danger, and third, the republic only lasted less than two years, with the government embattled amid chaos and financial paucity, which could explain a hasty re-marking of the swords. And don´t forget that an important part of the army still retained their loyalty to the monarchy, as it was proved by the coup d´etat from the General Arsenio Martínez Campos, which conducted to the Borbonic restoration in 1874. It would not be strange that the army only reluctantly re-marked the swords without erasing the crown, specially without the close supervision from the weak government.

Of course, all this is only speculation, but it can point to a possible explanation, in absence of more solid factual/documental data. Take it as a work hypothesis to start with, meanwhile it can be found more information on this subjet.
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