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José E Sánchez y Flores
Blazon of arms
- Arms: Per pale, 1st. Vert a castle triple-towered
Argent each of the triple towers bearing a flagpole flying the
flags of the United States of America, Puerto Rico and the cross
of Burgundy respectively in base eight barrulets wavy Azure and
Argent; 2nd. Per fess in chief Argent two bends Or fimbriated
Gules a lion Sable overall, in base Gules a tower Or conjoined
to dexter with a scaling ladder also Or debruised by an armoured
knight half-way up.
- Crest: On a wreath of the colours a Plume of three
feathers Vert, Argent and Gules.
- Symbolism: The triple towered castle over waves
of water represents Morro Castle in Puerto Rico, a place near
which Capt. Sánchez was born. The flags represent: in the centre
Puerto Rico, the country where he was born; to dexter the United
States of America, the country that he serves in the USAF; to
sinister Spain, the country that discovered the island of Puerto
Rico, represented by the cross of Burgundy which was the Spanish
military flag from the 16th century up to 1843.
- Armiger location: England
- Herald: José Casas y Sánchez
- Artist: Omar Doglio
- Date registered/assumed: 24 May 2004 Numero 11.165,
Cronista: Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Protocolo: 6/2004 folios
101-103.
- Copyright: © José E Sánchez y Flores
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