Branch

A dexter lion's paw Azure, armed, grasping in its claws by its lowest point a mullet of six points Or, between two branches of laurel Vert.

Heraldic device painted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a freehand finishing.

G0066: the heraldic badge of Andrea Pompili, of Italy, as granted by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for this grant.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Or, Vert, Two, One, Dexter, Lion, Paw, Armed, Grasping, Claw, Mullet, Between, Branch and Laurel.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.

Bearer: Pompili, Andrea.

Registered by The International Register of Arms, 12th of May of 2022, Registration number 0628, Volume 4.

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Categories: Armorial roll, Quarterly, Dolphin, Sunflower, Book, Diamond, Lark, Crest, Helm, Wreath, Quetzal, Tree, Branch, Proper, Leaved, Mantling and Motto.

External link:

• Antonio Ruiz Porras at The Armorial Register.

Root: The Armorial Register.

Upon a wreath Argent and Azure a quetzal perched in a tree branch proper, leaved Or, surrounded by an annulet Azure, fimbriated and inscribed in chief with the motto «Luctor et Emergo» Argent.

Heraldic device interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a watercolor finish.

This is the heraldic badge of Antonio Ruiz Porras designed by him and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Azure, Or, One, Wreath, Quetzal, Perched, Tree, Branch, Proper, Leaved, Surrounded, Annulet, Fimbriated, Inscribed, In chief and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Watercolor.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Badge.

Bearer: Ruiz Porras, Antonio.

Grand Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand.

Argent, a cross of Alcantara. Crest: A closed royal crown Or, with eight arches, visible five. Behind the shield the Laureate Grand Cross of Saint Ferdinand. Motto: «Hoec nubila tollunt obstantia sicut sol».

Escudo de plata, una cruz de Alcántara. Timbrado de una corona real cerrada. Acolada detrás del escudo la gran cruz laureada de San Fernando. Lema: «Hoec nubila tollunt obstantia sicut sol».

Coat of arms interpreted in the following manner: the shape of the shield is of a semicircular arch; the field is illuminated in metal Argent; the cross of Alcantara, the 4 swords and the 2 laurel branches are outlined in Sable and illuminated in Vert and Gules; the royal crown is closed, outlined in Sable and illuminated with the metal Or, Argent for the pearls, Azure and Or for the orb, Gules and Vert for the gems, Gules for the inner cloth, and Sable for the visible hollow at its base; and the whole has a iridescent finish.

Rif War, July 23, 1921, banks of the Igan River, North Africa

The Alcantara Regiment executed nine successive cavalry charges to protect the infantry's retreat, nine charges until they broke the enemy lines, outnumbering them. The last charge was on foot because all their horses were dead or exhausted. These heroic riders of Alcantara had fulfilled their duty of protecting the wounded infantry in their retreat to El Batel, but the price was appalling: of 691 riders, only 67 survived, and three months were necessary to recover hundreds of corpses.

For this reason, in 2012, the Alcántara Regiment was collectively awarded the Grand Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand.

Two lances behind the shield

Since 1987, the coat of arms of the cavalry regiments of the Spanish Army must carry two crossed lances accolade behind the shield. And indeed, this coat of arms of the Alcántara Cavalry Regiment has two lances behind the shield, but in my artistic heraldic interpretation, I did not paint them to avoid detracting from the prominence of the Laureate Cross.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Cross of Alcantara, Cross couped, Cross, Crest, Closed royal crown, Crown, Behind the shield, Four, Sword, Crosswise, Gules, Two, Branch, Laurel, Vert and Motto.

Style keywords: Semi-circular, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Iridescent.

Classification: Interpreted, Military, Army and Navy and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Alcantara, Cavalry Regiment.

Argent, a rose Gules, barbed Vert; a bordure Azure. Crest: Dexter, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, a dove Argent, holding in its beak an olive branch Vert; and sinister, upon a helm, issuant from an ancient coronet Or, an arm proper, vambraced Argent, grasping a sabre Argent, between a pair of wings per fess alternately Azure and Argent. Mantling: Dexter Gules doubled Argent, sinister Azure doubled Argent.

Arms emblazoned by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a semi-circular outer contour and with a watercolor finish.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Gules, Vert, Azure, Sable, One, Two, Rose, Barbed, Bordure, Crest, Dexter, Helm, Issuant, Ancient coronet, Crown, Dove, Grasping, Beak, Olive tree, Tree, Branch, Sinister, Arm, Vambraced, Sabre, Sword, Between, Wing, Party per fess, Alternately, Mantling and Doubled.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Watercolor.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: von Haimb, Isadora.

Or, two lions passant, guardant in pale Azure, armed Sable, langued Gules; in a base dovetailed Azure, two oak branches, leaved, fructed in pile Or. Motto: «Per Aspera ad Astra» Sable, over a scroll Or doubled Azure.

Escudo de oro, dos leopardos en palo de azur, armados de sable, lampasados de gules; en una punta encajada de colas de milano dos ramas de roble, hojadas y frutadas en pila de oro. Lema: «Per Aspera ad Astra» de sable, sobre una filacteria de oro doblada de azur.

Coat of arms designed by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a leather finishing.

Coat of arms of the family Promet, founders and owners of Promet Restoration, Seattle, Washington, USA. This coat of arms has been designed by Dakota Promet and me, and emblazoned by me.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Two, Leopard, In pale, Langued, Armed, Base, Dovetailed, Oak, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed, In pile, Motto, Scroll and Doubled.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Created, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Promet, family.

Gules, three ancient coronets, 2 and 1, within a bordure Or. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree, with a wreath Or and Gules, on two olive branches Vert, leaved Or and Vert, fructed Sable and Vert a mortar and pestle Or. Mantling: Gules doubled Or. Motto: «Solum Fortes Procedunt».

Arms interpreted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a freehand finishing.

G0124, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of Luigi Gerard Martini, United Kingdom. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Vert, Three, One, Two, Ancient coronet, Crown, Ordered, Within, Diminished bordure, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Wreath, Olive tree, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed, Metal mortar, Pestle and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Ogee and Freehand.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Martini, Luigi Gerard.

Azure, two rolled scrolls in saltire Argent, tied with a ribbon fesswise Vert; a bordure trefoiled Or; overall a chief Or charged with an oak branch leaved and fructed proper. Motto: «Cuimhnigí ar ár Sinnsir».

Escudo de azur, dos pergaminos enrollados en sotuer de plata, ligados con una cinta puesta en faja de sinople, una bordura trebolada de oro; brochante sobre el todo un jefe de oro cargado de una rama de roble hojada y frutada al natural. Lema: «Cuimhnigí ar ár Sinnsir».

Arms emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a pointed external shape and with a leather finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Vert, Or, One, Two, Rolled scroll, In saltire, Tied, Ribbon, Fesswise, Bordure, Trefoiled, Overall, Chief, Charged, Oak, Tree, Branch, Leaved, Fructed, Proper and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Pointed and Leather.

Classification: Socioeconomic, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Genealogical Society of Ireland.

Israel~ישראל.

Azure, a Menorah between two olive branches Argent; in base the legend
«ישראל» Argent.

Interpreted coat of arms: with a rounded and pointed shape; illuminated with metal argent and color azur; outlined with sable; and a Watercolor finish.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, One, Menorah, Argent, Accosted, Two, Branch, Olive tree, Tree and Motto (identification).

Style keywords: Ogee, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Coat of arms, Interpreted, Civic and State of Israel.

Bearer: Israel.

Argent, in base three bars wavy Azure, overall, an oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or, to its dexter a cauldron suspended from a branch, and in front of its trunk a boar passant Sable. Crest: Upon a helm in profile with visor bars Or, and a wreath Argent and Vert, five ostrich feathers alternately Vert and Argent. Mantling: Vert doubled Argent. Motto: «Fijosdalgo del Solar d'Yraeta» depicted as Sable with initial letters Gules over a scroll Argent.

Francisco Idareta Goldaracena is shown holding his work «From Yraeta to Idareta», a documented study on the origin and development of his lineage between the 14^th and 20th centuries, [Idareta Goldaracena, F.; 2022; cover]. The coat of arms on this book's cover was painted by me. This book's prefaced is by Jesús Mauleón Heredia.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Vert, Or, Sable, Gules, Three, One, In base, Bar, Wavy, Overall, Oak, Tree, Eradicated, Fructed, Dexter, Cauldron, Suspended, Branch, In front (tree), Trunk, Boar, Passant, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Barred, Wreath, Ostrich feathers, Alternately, Mantling, Motto (identification) and Scroll.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Semi-circular and Freehand.

Classification: Personal, Lineage, Interpreted, Boa, Collage, Photographic and Doctor.

Bearer: Idareta Goldaracena, Francisco.

Heraldic device painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a leather finishing.

The standard of Brady Brim-DeForest emblazoned by me following his directions. Structure: coat of arms; crest; motto 1^st line «un cran»; badge; motto 2^nd line «plus»; crest; motto 3^rd line «loin»; badge.

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Blazon keywords: Gules, Or, Argent, Azure, Two, One, Party per chevron, Acorn, Slipped, Base, Fleur de lis, Crest, Wreath, Demi, Lion, Armed, Langued, Grasping, Paw, Charged, Cross, Patty, Motto, Oak, Tree and Branch.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Standard, Flag and Pennon.

Bearer: Brim-DeForest, Brady.

Vert, a Latin cross, raguly, issuant from its sinister a leaved offshoot encircling the cross, its end terminating and debruising the lower limb Or.

Arms depicted by me, in plain tinctures, contoured in Sable, with a pointed outer contour and with a texturized finish.

Coat of arms of Ugnius Mikučionis-Vizgirda emblazoned by me. Ugnius told me that he likes my English version of his blazon. He personally prefers the idea of a wooden staff that has the shape of a Latin cross, as opposed to a Latin cross produced by a person, a cross-maker. In this sense, the Chief Herald of Arms of Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta describes his arms as «Vert a ragged staff trunked forming a Latin cross encircled and debruised above its base dexter by a solitary branch issuant from above its base sinister all Or», and the South African Bureau of Heraldry describes them as «Vert, a wooden staff, its upper end terminating in a Latin cross, raguly, couped at random, issuant from its sinister nombril point a leaved offshoot encircling the cross, its end terminating and debruising the lower limb Or». Following this same idea, my revised blazon using «wooden staff» would be: «Vert, a wooden staff, raguly, in the form of a Latin cross, issuant from its sinister a leaved offshoot encircling the staff, its end terminating and debruising the lower limb Or». From this point forward, however, I will use my own blazon, as it guides the heraldic artist more clearly toward that particular form of cross. It should also be noted that, following this concept of the wooden staff, I have depicted the arms of the cross as slightly raised.

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Blazon keywords: Vert, Or, One, Latin cross, Raguly, Issuant, Sinister, Leaved, Branch, Environed and Debruised.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Plain tincture and Pointed.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Mikučionis-Vizgirda, Ugnius.

Azure, two chevronels Argent between in chief two mullets of six points Or, and in base a Scots pine eradicated proper [Grant G0066]; the whole debruised respectively by a crescent Argent and a mullet Argent for difference. Crest: A crown of Noble surmounted by a crown of Baron. Supporters: Two branches of roses proper held together by a bow Azure. Motto: «Per audacia ad astra».

It has been emblazoned by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, outlined in Sable, with an oval external shape and with a texturized finish.

The arms of Vittoria Pompili and Alessandra Pompili were presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included their coats of arms shown together with their blazons unified. They are from Italy. Their arms were registered by Dr Charles A. Gauci, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta (registers R0038 and R0039), and painted by me. The standard displayed below is that of their father, Grant G0066, from which both coats of arms derive through the appropriate marks of cadency.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Debruised, Cadency, Crescent, Crest, Crown of Noble, Crown, Crown of Baron, Supporter, Branch, Rose, Bow and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Oval.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa and Slide.

Bearer: Pompili, Vittoria.

Azure, two chevronels Argent between in chief two mullets of six points Or, and in base a Scots pine eradicated proper [Grant G0066]; the whole debruised respectively by a mullet Argent and a crescent Argent for difference. Crest: A crown of Noble surmounted by a crown of Baron. Supporters: Two branches of roses proper held together by a bow Azure. Motto: «Per audacia ad astra».

R0038 and R0039: the coats of arms of Alessandra and Vittoria Pompili, of Italy, as registered by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and emblazoned by me for these registers. These arms have been included in the book [Gauci, C. A.; Cassar, R. M.; 2025; pages 180-181] as shown in the photograph of the image, each on a page. In some Italian and Maltese arms registered by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta, two coronets are displayed: the coronet placed directly above the shield represents the armiger’s personal rank or status, while the upper coronet represents the higher noble rank of the family line. In the case of two daughters of a baron, each may bear above her shield the coronet corresponding to her personal status as a noble, while above it is displayed the baronial coronet representing the rank of her father and of the family line.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Or, Two, One, Chevronel, Between, In chief, Mullet, In base, Scots pine, Tree, Eradicated, Proper, Debruised, Cadency, Crescent, Crest, Crown of Noble, Crown, Crown of Baron, Supporter, Branch, Rose, Bow and Motto.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Oval.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Collage and Photographic.

Bearer: Pompili, Alessandra.