Eight-pointed cross: André de Montbard. Candasnos, municipality of. Founding document of the OERC. Giovanni de Bella.

André de Montbard

Azure, two barbels addorsed Argent. Behind the shield an eight-pointed cross patty Gules.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Two, Barbel, Addorsed, Argent, Behind the shield, One, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped and Gules.

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

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Montbard, André de.

Candasnos, municipality of

Party per fess, the base per pale: 1 Or, a hurt; 2 Gules and 3 Argent, over both a cross of Malta counterchanged.

Escudo cortado y medio partido: 1^o de oro, un roel de azur; 2^o de gules y 3^o de plata, brochante sobre ambos, una cruz de Malta del uno al otro.

Coat of arms depicted by me, illuminated with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, and with a freehand finish.

Coat of arms of the municipality of Candasnos, Huesca, designed by Valeriano Labara Ballestar, approved by the Government of Aragon. Bibliographic reference [Labara Ballestar, V. C.; 2019; pages 341-368]. It has been an honor for me to emblazon this version of this coat of arms for Valeriano Labara.

Design rationale

The hurt represents what is known as the Good Raft, a symbol of the town and its people, it is a circular cistern of 40 meters in diameter of Roman origin, and the Maltese cross is a symbol of its connection since 1188 to the Royal Monastery of Sijena of Hospitaller nuns of the Order Malta.

Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Party per fess, the base per pale, Hurt, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped and Counterchanged.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Freehand.

Classification: Civic, Interpreted, Design rationale, Boa and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Candasnos, municipality of.

Founding document of the OERC

Founding document of the Ordo Equestris Reginae Caeli, OERC, oerc.eu, designed by David Perez Alvarez and me and emblazoned by me. Since its foundation, the OERC has carried out numerous humanitarian aid projects in various countries. Among them are the donation of 25 first-aid kits, provided by one of its postulants, and a major joint action in which 60 volunteers loaded full hospital equipment for the war-affected Sumi region in Ukraine, delivering more than one hundred hospital beds in Radolfzell am Bodensee in April 2025.

Blazon keywords: Order, Azure, Or, Argent, One, Four, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Fleur de lis, Crowned, Monogram, Grand collar and Surrounded.

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

Classification: Interpreted, Boa, Certification and Heraldic document.

Bearer: Ordo Equestris Reginae Caeli.

Giovanni de Bella

Gules, a fess between, in chief a Maltese cross between two mullets of eight points Argent, in base three bendlets Or. Crest: Upon a helm issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield a with a wreath Argent and Gules, a Cirneco dell’Etna hound passant proper, gorged of a collar of meanders motifs Azure and Argent. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Pete ex Animo Sapientiam».

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a pointed shape, illuminated, and with a watercolor finishing.

G0053, Chief Herald of Malta's grant of Giovanni de Bella's arms, whose full achievement has been emblazoned by me for such grant.

Blazon keywords: Gules, One, Fess, Between, In chief, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Two, Mullet, Eight, Argent, In base, Three, Bendlet, Or, Crest and mantling, Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, On, Mantling, Doubled, Wreath, Crest, Dog, Proper, Collared, Azure, Motto and Scroll.

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

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and Latin language.

Bearer: Bella, Giovanni de.

Jacques de Molay

Azure, a bend Or. Behind the shield an eight-pointed cross patty Gules.

Blazon keywords: Azure, One, Bend, Or, Behind the shield, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped and Gules.

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

Classification: Religious, Military, Knights Templar, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Molay, Jacques de.

Jay Geoffrey De Graaf, collage

Party per fess, 1 Gules, a stag rampant, issuant from base proper, in the dexter chief a Maltese cross Argent; 2 Azure, a mullet of seven points Argent. Crest: Upon a helm befitting his degree issuant from a crown of Noble above the shield, with a wreath Argent and Gules, a demi-lion Gules, crowned Or, grasping in its paws a swallow-tailed pennon lozengy Gules and Argent, shafted Sable. Mantling: Gules doubled Argent. Motto: «Per Aquas Ad Futurum». Suspended from the shield, the cross of Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

G0131, augmentation of G0042, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta's grant for the arms of Jay Geoffrey De Graaf, Australia. The augmentation consists of the addition of a Maltese cross Argent in the dexter chief. This augmentation of the grant G0042 has been published in the Government Gazette of Malta, Volume 2, No. 20,240, dated 14^th February 2023, on pages 1265–1266, in both Maltese and English. These arms have been emblazoned by me for such grant. In the image, the arms appear photographed by the grantee himself, Jay Geoffrey De Graaf.

Blazon keywords: Gules, Azure, Argent, Or, One, Party per fess, Stag, Rampant, Issuant from base, Proper, In the dexter chief, Eight-pointed cross, Cross couped, Mullet, Crest, Upon (wreath), Helm, Issuant, Crown of Noble, Crown, Above the shield, Wreath, Demi, Lion, Crowned, Grasping, Paw, Swallow-tail, Lozengy, Shafted, Mantling, Motto, Suspended from the shield and Decoration.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Pointed.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Grant of arms, Heraldic document, Collage, Photographic, Pennon and Flag.

Bearer: Graaf, Jay Geoffrey De.

Liu-Lecomble, Laurent

Quarterly: 1 Azure, a dexter hand appaumée Argent; 2 Gules, a sword point upwards between, in the dexter, a cross patty, and, in the sinister, a Maltese cross Or; 3 Gules, three plough shares affronty, downwards, and disordered Or; 4 Azure, an eagle claw, couped Argent; an inescutcheon Or charged with a fleur de lis Azure.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o de azur, una mano diestra apalmada de plata; 2^o de gules, una espada alzada acompañada, a la diestra, de una cruz patada y, a la siniestra, de una cruz de Malta, todo de oro; 3 de gules, tres rejas de arado de frente, bajadas y desordenadas de oro; 4 de azur, una garra de águila, cortada, bajada de plata; un escusón de oro cargado de una flor de lis de azur.

Coat of arms depicted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with an ogee outer contour and with a leather finish.

Coat of arms of Laurent Liu-Lecomble designed by him and emblazoned by me.

Blazon keywords: Azure, Argent, Gules, Or, One, Three, Quarterly, Dexter, Hand, Appaumée, Sword, Point upwards, Between, Cross patty, Cross couped, Sinister, Eight-pointed cross, Plough share, Affronty, Disordered, Eagle claw, Inescutcheon, Charged and Fleur de lis.