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I agree: I have always disliked such 'cut and paste' representations,
both as symbols in diagrams as in 3d pieces. If I would have to design a
Capablanca set from scratch, I would use a piece with a wide-rimmed hat as
Marshall. Much like the one shown below in the picture with King and
Cannon, from the ExChess piece set (where it is supposed to represent a
Centaur (K+N), called 'Veteran' in Superchess).

The Archbishop design, as a Bishop with a V-cut mitre, does seem OK to me.
Close resemblance to the Bishop is no disadvantage there, as the name
already suggests that.

Of course I know that Archbishop and Marshall were not the original names
given to those pieces by Pietro Carrera, but I do not care much for the
name Centaur as a B+N compound.