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Prof. Carl Edwin Lindgren
Coat of Arms
Current Arms of Carl Edwin Lindgren y Corder
Less most Orders
Arms: Azure, a cross Gules fimbrated Or, in
the first quarter, three scallop-shells, one, two, Argent; in the second, a
paschal lamb Or; in the third, an oak tree Or; and in the fourth, an owl
Argent.
Crest: Issuant from a coronet of a fidalgo cavaleiro Proper, a dexter arm
vested Azure, the hand grasping a linden branch Proper.
Supporters: Two lions rampant Or, each crowned with a coronet of a
marquis Proper.
Motto: Nitere Ad Opus Magnum (The Search for God and Goodness).
Current revision drawn by Col. Clyde Webb, Academician of the International Academy for the Promotion of Scientific Research, on 26 May 2005.
Dr. Lindgren possesses a grant of Spanish Arms based on his Great-Grandfather's (Karl Magnus Lindgren - 1891) drawing which was given to his Grandfather (Melker Edvin Lindgren) and father (Carl Edwin Lindgren y Barker).
Certification: a Certificacion del Escudo de las Armas was issued by His Excellency Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Cronista de Armas on April 1999, Protocolo: 4-1999; Folios: 127-129 to Carl Edwin Lindgren y Barker, father of the armiger.
Coat
of Arms that correspond to the Distinguished
Mister
Carl Edwin Lindgren y Barker
Madrid, April 22, 1999
I CERTIFY: that the Coat of Arms that correspond to the use of the
Distinguished Mister Carl Edwin Lindgren y Barker, native of Coeburn, Virginia
(United States), born on January 07, 1923 and married on July 14, 1948 in the
same city, to Ruby Kate Corder y Moore, of whose marriage was born: Carl Edwin
Lindgren y Corder, in Coeburn, Virginia (United States) on November 20, 1949,
whose arms of centennial antiquity are organized and composed by the following
way:
A R M S
Azure, a cross Gules between: 1, three escallops Argent, one and two; 2, a lamb Or; 3, an oak tree Or; 4, an owl close regardant Argent.
The crest is a barred helmet of steel, with embroideries and protectors of Or, linked in the same ones, covered of Gules and issuant from a wreath Or and Azure, a forearm Proper, vested Azure, holding a branch of a linden tree Vert. Azure doubled Or
Supporters: two rampant lions, of gold,
crowned with marquis's crowns.
Motto: in ribbon of Or with black letters: "NITERE AD OPUS
MAGNUM". (The Search for the Great Work)
The arms, as described and colored above can be used by the Distinguished Mister Carl Edwin Lindgren y Barker, and can be record, sculpt and paint in customary places without any impediment placed on him, when possessing this Certification of Heraldry ...
[I] issue the present
Certificate of Arms as my legal right checked by the Royal Ordinances of
November 17, 1749 and of June 16, 1802, as well as for the Royal Ordinance of
April 29, 1915 and for the Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice of April 13,
1951 ... [as] King of Arms ... [ and do] file a copy of this Certificate in my Files, for me signed and stamped, in Madrid,
on
the 22nd day of April, 1999, during the festivities of Saint Miles.
Signature of Vicente of Cadenas y Vicent
As seen by the
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice being legalize as the signature of Don Vicente of Cadenas y Vicent,
and recognized by
this Ministry as the King of Arms for the expedition of certificates, as
established in the Ordinance of April 13, 1951.
Madrid, April 23, 1999.
Undersecretary
Responsible public servant for legalizations
Signature
of Maria del Carmen C. Gonzales
Translator's Note: Dexter
stamp of the Ministry of the Justice noting general legalized registration.
Illustrisimo Señor Carl Edwin Lindgren y Barker
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Badge Certification: a Certificacion del Emblema Heráldico was issued by Don Fernando Muñoz Altea, King of Arms of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Scilies (Duke of Castro Branch) on 30 May 2006, Reg. Minutario 2 2006. Blazon of the badge is as follows: A griffin rampant Or, in the right paw held aloft a fleur-de-lys Azure.