Yusupov

 

 

Yusupov (Youssoupov):  ЮСУПОB

On a Maltese Cross arg and encircled by the collar of the Order of St John with its pendant:
Gu an increscent accosted by fours mullets of 6 arranged 1, 2 and 1 all arg; on a chief purp a closed crown or.¹

 

The Yusupov 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