Seaver Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Ricarde Seaver; Major Francis Ignatius Ricarde, of Paris assumed by royal licence, 21 April, 1881, the additional surname of Seaver; he is Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; of the Royal Geographical Society, London; of the Geological Society, Burlington House: Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers, efce., late Government Inspector-General of Mines of the Argentine Republic, and Vice-Consul at Gravesend for the said Republic (since 1874), Knight Commander of the Royal Military Order of Christ of Portugal, Knight Commander of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain, and Knight Officer of the Imperial Order of the Rose of Brazil. He m. Her Serene Highness the Princess Dona Maria Louisa Christina de Looz et Corswarem, nec Princess de Godoy de Bassano, grand-dau. of H.S.H. Don Manuel de Godoy, Prince of Peace; which lady tf. at Paris, 28 Jan. 1880). Az. a chev. embattled betw. two wreaths of oak in chief or, and a pickaxe and sword in saltire in base ppr. surmounted by a tower or. Crest—In front of a pickaxe erect a Moor’s head affrontee couped at the shoulders ppr. turban ar. pierced through the head by a sword fessewise point to the dexter also ppr. Motto—Malo mori quam foedari.