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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 9558092, member: 54&quot;]I’m guessing cannon is 19th C, but who knows.&nbsp; Regarding the coat of arms, all it indicates to me so far is that it definitely isn’t a weapon made by or for the Spanish monarchy.&nbsp; Those had only two choices for Royal property marks.&nbsp; Small ones made for the Crown had. Large “R” for “real” = Royal.&nbsp; Some small ones and most large ones had the Royal cypher = coat of arms.&nbsp; The COA was originally cast integral with tube, so it appeared in relief.&nbsp; After Charles iii ascended to throne, his approved COA was engraved on the gun, and so on with subsequent monarchs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The COA on that Texas piece has nothing to do with the Spanish monarchy.&nbsp; If you can translate the COA into proper heraldese, we can run it by Google.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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