Samoilov

Samoilov (Samoiloff): САМОЙЛОB

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

Per fess, 1. per pale vert and sa surmounted in saltire an arrow in bend head to point over a fasces in bend sinister, its blade arg turned to base ; 2. arg a pale bretessé gu, masoned sa between two horseshoes of the last.² On a chief gu a cross arg.

The Samoilov 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