Chirikov

 

 

Chirikov (Tchirikov):  ЧИΡИКОB

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

Per pale gu and vert, on the dexter issuant from a cloud ppr a senestochère counter-embowed, vambraced arg and holding in bend a sword ppr and on the sinister two arrows in pale the first to point and the second to base of the fourth; on a chief arg a cross patonce  of the second; the shield resting on a verdant base with feather grass issuant and partially obscuring the sinister base of the shield.2

The Chirikov 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