Coat of arms of the Simon-Faus family, designed by them and me, and emblazoned by me.
Blazon: Quarterly: 1 Argent, an oak eradicated Vert, fructed Or; 2 Azure, a tower with a turret Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 3 Azure, a hound passant Argent, spotted Sable; 4 Argent, a cross Gules.
Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Azure, five ostrich feathers alternately Azure and Argent.
Mantling: Azure doubled Argent.
Motto: «Ut Ferrum Fortes» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.
Design rationale: The oak tree laden with acorns Or in the first quarter symbolizes the family’s fertility. The oak and the domed tower in the second quarter, in their transformed forms, are elements from the coat of arms of the Simon lineage, which they represent. The third quarter derives from the arms of the Faus family and represents it. The plain cross in the fourth quarter is a symbol of Christ and of Aragon. The Latin motto reads: «Strong as Iron».