Unidentified Stamp
Arms:
Crest: An arm in armour embowed holding a sword Quarterly 1 & 4 argent three crescents 2. On a fess cotised two sykes 3. A bend engrailed sable in sinister chief an escallop
Motto: Quantum in rebus inane
Helmet: Esquire
Dimensions (height x width): 53mm x 53mm
Quarterings: 1 & 4 argent three crescents 2. On a fess cotised two sykes 3. A bend engrailed sable in sinister chief an escallop
Heraldic Charges: armbend engrailedcrescents (3)escallopfess cotised, on aroundels [fountains] (2)sword
Notes:
Fairbairn’s Crests: Odell, Herbert Francis Edward, of Carriglea, co Waterford (A dexter arm in armour embowed the hand grasping a sword, the blade passing through a chaplet of red roses and trefoils). Motto: Quantum in rebus inane.
The motto is taken from Aulus Persius Flaccus.
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