Buturlin

 

Buturlin (Boutourline):  БУΤУΡЛИН

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

Quarterly:

1 and 4. Or issuant from the inner edge a demi double eagle couped in pale sa ensigned with the crown of a Russian Prince or;

2. Ermine the cap of a Russian Prince ppr;

3. Az fesswise an arm couped, embowed, vambraced holding in bend sinister a sword ppr;

Surtout on an inescutcheon or the Russian Imperial Eagle ppr.2

On a chief gu a cross arg.2

The Buturlin 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