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Description Coat of arms of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet (1776-1853), GCH, KCB, of Hoxne Hall in Suffolk, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th Light Dragoons, who fought in the Peninsular War and commanded his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo. Also a Member of Parliament for Eye in Suffolk. The arms are an augmentation of his paternal arms: Or, on a pile azure three galtraps of the field, the augmentation being: On a chief embattled ermine a wreath of laurel encircling a sword erect proper pommel and hilt or between on the dexter pendent from a ribbon gules fimbriated azure a representation of the gold medal presented to Sir Edward Kerrison for his services at the Battle of Orthes beneath it the word ORTHES in letters sable and on the sinister pendent from the like ribbon a representation of the silver medal presented to him in commemoration of his services at the Battle of Waterloo beneath it the word WATERLOO in letters sable (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.561). An example of "debased heraldry".
Date pre-1853
Source College of Arms https://www.pinterest.com/pin/441000988501685404/
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