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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Well its an eagle head, but Glen, you'd be the one to say which type (Thurkle etc). I can only imagine that there must be examples that had Spanish motto blades. However, I think some Mexican swords had eagle heads as well, but offhand not sure of details. Bowie was after all a Mexican citizen by marraige, so possible, but this seems American.
Always curious why nobody has ever mentioned swords AT the Alamo.
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Not many officers inside the Alamo. Travis was Texian militia (lawyer by trade) and then. Commissioned as an LC for a cavalry unit, then to The Alamo with army regulars. He likely had something along the lines of an Ames militia officer sword (but that dates badly) or a skinny eagle or Princess pommel, or plain old spadroon and would be from his earlier militia duties, rather than an 1833 dragoon. There is the legend of drawing a line in the sand. Hollywood likes a straight sword for Travis.
Cheers
GC
There were some 1st Empire eagles that might fit the portrait, as I had thought of the old LePage Foghorn Leghorn
