Coat of arms of Gowan

The blazon

ar. a mullet on the point of a sword in pale az. over all a saltier of the last. — Crest, a lymphad, her oars in action sa. flag gu. Gowan S, ar. a sword in pale ensigned with a mullet gu. surmounted by a saltier of the last ; on a canton of the second a savage ppr. pointing to a star in the dexter chief or. — Crest, a lion s head, erased, ppr. collared or.

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