Beketov

Beketov (Békétoff): БEКЕΤОB

On a Maltese Cross arg and encircled by the collar of the Order of St John with its pendant:

Per bend sinister gu and az, on the dexter a senestrochère embowed and vambraced or issuant from a cloud ppr and clasping a sword arg in bend sinister garnished of the third; on the sinister an ostrich ppr clenching in its uplifted dexter claw a ball or.²  On a chief gu a cross arg.

 The Beketov Family Achievement²

Sources (Blazon):

1. Rietstap, J.B.: ARMORIAL GÉNÉRAL [2éme ed., G.B van Goor Zonen, Gouda 1884]

2. Mandrich, Donald R. & Placek, Joseph A.: Russian Heraldry and Nobility [Dramco Publishers, Boynton Beach, Florida 1992]

3. Unattributed