Ernest Rutherford - Arms

Arms

Arms of Ernest Rutherford
Notes The arms of Ernest Rutherford consist of:
Crest A baron's coronet. On a helm wreathed of the Colors, a kiwi Proper.
Escutcheon Per saltire arched Gules and Or, two inescutcheons voided of the first in fess, within each a martlet Sable.
Supporters Dexter, Hermes Trismegistus (mythological patron of knowledge and alchemists). Sinister, a Maori warrior.
Motto Primordia Quaerere Rerum ("To seek the first principles of things." Lucretius.)

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