Mexican Presentation Sword?

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thanks, gonzalo. i figured it was brazilian or uruguayan from the button cover, and was just guessing brazil as it seemed more likely. there is a bugle etched into the ricasso which i assume is a makers mark. uruguayan would be more interesting as i suspect it'd be a bit more uncommon here in the UK i'd posted it before & you were kind enough to comment on it as a traditionally made punal, but we'd not discussed where it was from.

Originally Posted by celtan

Actually, horses and their images were very common motifs in very early galician-spanish lore, weapons and shields. The old celtic religions in Galicia had a horse goddess named Epona, or something similar.

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my maternal grandmother was from galicia - however, her's was part of the austro-hungarian empire at the time, it's now divided between poland and the ukraine. celts got around.