Crispell Coat of Arms
CRESPEL DE A TRICHE. Bretagne et Normandie
ARMS:
"De gules a' une main fermee d'argent, accompagnee des trois cygnes du meme"
A red shield with a silver closed hand surrounded by three silver swans
CREST:
A swan argent
MOTTO:
Color fidesque perennis - Beauty and everlasting faith
SYMBOLISM:
Gules (red) is the color of military fortitude and magnanimity
Argent (silver) signifies peace, sincerity, charity
Hand - Faith, sincerity, justice, a collected mind
Swan - the ensign of poets, writers, musicians
Henri Jougla DeMorenas, Grand Armorial de
France, vol. II, p.762
J.B. Reitstap, Armorial General, 1884, vol. I, p. 762
W. Cecil Wade, The Symbolisms of Heraldry
