JB sent notice of this Reilly percussion .58 cal SxS rifle which has just sold:
https://www.icollector.com/6-10-REILLY-LONDON-MODEL-DOUBLE-RIFLE-CALIBER-60-CAL-APPROX_i48393107
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SN 10118 dates to 1856 by my chart: It is a classic Reilly percussion rifle from that time period - name, address, engraving, scroll guard hand grip, barrel length, etc., everything is time appropriate.

But there is an escutcheon plate on it with it with a crest:
"Vigilandum" = Imperative masculine singular of Vigilantus - Watch! or Be Watchful! or Vigilant! or Be Vigilant!
"Battle Axe" = common heraldic symbol for Military Service
"Hand" = "Faith"
"Hercules" = on coat of arms of the Royal Family of Greece, Prince Phillip (Greek), Lord Mountbatten and King Charles III (from Prince Phillip), but I can't find a family in UK in 1856 that might have included Hercules in its heraldry,

Anybody into heraldry? Can this crest be identified?
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Last edited by Argo44; 04/16/23 11:07 PM.
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