Hamilton Family Crest - Heligoland

Hamilton Family Crest - Digital Download - Hamilton Coat of Arms JPG File - Heraldry, Genealogy, Ancestry, Surnames, Shields

Digital Download - Hamilton Coat of Arms
LARGE - High Resolution JPG File
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200 DPI

This family crest image file is suitable for nearly all printing needs and is great for arts & crafts, school projects, scrapbooking, and genealogy/ancestral research.

Transparent PNG file available upon request.

Watermark is removed upon purchase.

Heraldic/Genealogical Details:
confirmed to Sir William Osborne Hamilton (1750-1818), K.H., formerly Governor of Heligoland, son of William Hamilton (d. 1775), medical doctor - Gules on a chevron ermine between three cinquefoils argent a sword in pale, the blade passing through a wreath of laurel all proper, on a canton or, an eagle displayed with two heads sable. Crest: Out of a mural crown or, an oak tree proper the trunk thereof transfixed with a sword in fess, the blade wavy argent pommel and hilt or, over the crest the motto: Through.

Note: Heligoland is a small archipelago in the North Sea. A part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1890, the islands were historically possessions of Denmark, then became the possessions of the United Kingdom from 1807 to 1890, and briefly managed as a war prize from 1945 to 1952.