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 Coat-of-arms of Joseph Lister

Coat-of-arms of Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
Baron Joseph Lister of Lyme Regis

The above depiction of the coat-of-arms of Joseph Lister is due to Stephen Plowman.
[ © 2004 Stephen Plowman.  This copyrighted image is reproduced here by permission. ]

 Joseph Lister  Joseph Lister

Ermine, on a fess invected Sable three mullets of six points Argent,
in chief a staff of Aesculapius erect Proper.

Crest :  A stag's head erased Proper, in front thereof three estoiles fesswise Argent.
Motto Malo mori quam foedari.   [I'd rather die than be disgraced.]
Baronet in 1883.   Baron in 1897.

 Reproduced from
  ''New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971'' 
 by Leslie G. Pine (GPC, Baltimore 1973)

References:

 HAND holding staff 
 is an artistic license [?]
(*)  The correct charge is a staff of Aesculapius (single serpent, symbol of medicine) not a caduceus (two serpents, symbol of commerce).  The above references were kindly provided by Stephen Plowman.

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