The Arms of The Anstruther Family


ARMS

Argent, three piles Sable

CREST
Two arms in armour holding a pole-axe with both hands gauntleted Proper

MOTTO
Periissem ni penissem (I would have perished had I not persisted)

SUPPORTERS
Two falcons with wings expanded Proper, beaked and membered Gales, belled and jessed Or.

STANDARD
Azure, a St Andrew's Cross Argent in the hoist and of two tracts Sable and Argent, upon which is depicted the Crest issuant from a coronet Or in the first compartment, two daggers in saltire Argent handled Sable environed of a crest coronet Or in the second compartment, and a sprig of olive slipped and leaved Proper in the third compartment, along with the Slogan 'Castle Dreel' in letters Argent upon two transverse bands Gules.

PINSEL
Argent, displaying the Crest upon a Wreath of the Liveries Sable and Argent surrounded by a strap Sable buckled and embellished Or inscribed with the Motto 'Periissem ni periissem' in letters Or all within a circlet Or fimbriated Vert bearing the name and style 'Anstruther of that Ilk in letters Sable, the same cosigned of a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, and in the fly on an Escrol Sable surmounting a sprig of olive slipped and leaved Proper the Slogan 'Castle Dreel' in letters Argent.

PLANT BADGE
Sprig of olive

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