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Registered:
The
International Register
of Arms, 24th March
2025. Registration No.
0721 (Vol.4).
Arms:
Per
bend Azure and Vert,
on a bend between a
swallow in swoop and
a stag’s head erased
affronte Argent,
three Portuguese
crosses Sable
pierced Argent.
Crest:
A
demi-bear rampant
Sable langued
Gules grasping in
the dexter paw two
lightning bolts in
saltire Or.
Motto:
Veritas,
Iustitia,
Misericordia,
Humilitas.
Assumed:
U.S.A. 23rd
March 2025.
Designed
and illustrated by The
Armorial Register in
consultation with the
armiger.
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The tinctures
Vert and Azure
were chosen to
represent
earth and sky,
as the armiger
is an
outdoorsman
and a pilot.
The tinctures
are also
representative
of Hope and
Loyalty
(Vert), and
Justice and
Nobility
(Azure).
The voided
crosses
closely
resemble the
Portuguese
Cross (the
Cross of the
Order of
Christ), and
are
representative
of both the
armiger’s
Christian
faith and his
childhood in
Portugal.
The swallow
(Andorinha) is
a Portuguese
symbol of
love, loyalty,
and hope. The
swallow mates
for life and
returns home
to the same
nest every
year. It is
also a
physical
representation
of the
Portuguese
term
"saudade", a
melancholic
longing for a
beloved person
or place, for
the way things
once were, and
the feeling
that things
may never be
the same
again.
The stag was
chosen to
represent
strength,
nobility, and
spiritual
connection.
The Stag has
long been used
to represent
Christ because
of its
perceived
enmity with
the snake (it
is known to
draw snakes
from their
dens and
trample them),
and is used in
the Psalms to
represent
spiritual
thirst.
The bear in
the crest was
chosen to
represent the
armiger’s love
of the high
north and his
time spent
living in the
Alaska. The
word “arctic”
is derived
from the Greek
words "arktos"
and "arktikos"
meaning “bear”
and “near the
bear” in
reference to
the
constellation
Ursa Major,
which is
prominent in
the northern
sky and
represented on
the flag of
Alaska.
The crossed
lightning
bolts in the
bear’s grasp
are borrowed
from the
heraldic
Thunderbolt
featured on
the United
States Air
Force Seal and
are
representative
of the
armiger’s
service as an
officer in
that branch.
The motto
“Veritas,
Iustitia,
Misericordia,
Humilitas”
(Truth,
Justice,
Mercy,
Humility) are
values of deep
importance to
the armiger.
“Truth” is
representative
of his
autodidactic
nature and
pursuit of
knowledge and
the ultimate
Truth.
“Justice,”
“Mercy,” and
“Humility” are
drawn from
Micah 6:8 -
“He has told
you, O man,
what is good;
and what does
the Lord
require of you
but to do
justice, and
to love mercy,
and to walk
humbly with
your God?”
(ESV)
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