Khilkov

Khilkov:  ХНЛКОB

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

Quarterly:
1. Az an arm fesswise embowed, couped and holding a sword in bend sinister ppr;

2. Arg issuant from base an oak tree ppr;

3. Arg issuant from base a castle single towered gu, its port and light voided of the field;

4. Az issuant from base an oak tree ppr accompanied in dexter by a bear passant sa.

Surtout an inescutcheon or an oak tree ppr issuant from base ensigned with the coronet of a Russian Prince with issuant therefrom an arm counter embowed holding a sword in bend sinister ppr and accompanied in sinister by a bear passant sa.² On a chief gu a cross arg.

The Khilkov 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