Borch

Borch: БОΡЧ

On a Maltese Cross arg and encircled by the collar of the Order of St John with its pendant:
Quarterly sa and or. On a chief gu a cross arg.³

Note: *Joseph Count Borch was created in 1798 a Hereditary Commander in the Catholic Grand Priory of Russia. His heir, Count Vladimir, attended the meeting of June 1928 in Paris.

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