Thanks, Dimasalang for the pics. The sword is now with me.
I found it very interesting because my very first sword (given by my grandfather when I was 10 yrs old) is identical to this one. He was a guerilla Captain based in the mountains of Mt. Baloy (land of the Mundo tribe) during WW2. I used the sword as a jungle bolo in my Boy Scout camping days. I did not think it was special. The sword got lost -- no doubt someone at home threw away what they thought was junk.
My grandmother's maiden name is Advincula. There is a strong posibility we might be related. But as he migrated to the U.S. right after WW2, none of our relatives know him.
Another interesting thing I dug up in the book, "Guerilla's of Panay" -- there were two Lt. Advincula's who served under my grandfather's unit. Unfortunately, no first names were given.
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