Sheremetev

Sheremetev (Chérémetev):  ШЕРЕМЕТЕB

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

Or a torteau charged with a royal crown or above 2 crosses paté arg in pale, the whole enclosed by a laurel chaplet vert;  and in base, between a tun couché ppr and a crescent with a human face arg placed in pale, a lance per bend sinister with barb to sinister and a sword arg per bend point to dexter garnished or, placed in saltire. On a chief gu a cross arg. ¹

The Sheremetev 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