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DescriptionAustin Family Arms.svg	English: Austin Family Arms Shield: Argent, on a fesse between two chevrons Sable three cross-crosslets of the first, within a bordure of the same charged with a wreath of laurel and roses Proper. Crest: A cross between wings Argent. As depicted, these are the arms of Elias Austin, father of Moses Austin, father of Stephen F. Austin. In his latter years, Stephen F. Austin modified the original coat of arms to symbolize that he was an American pioneer by replacing the three cross-crosslets with a deer's head, though the tincture and orientation are not known. He also changed the Latin cross atop the crest into a form of cross-crosslet: a Latin cross with crosslets on only the three upper arms
Date	2 September 2012
Source	English: "Heraldry in the Republic of Texas Era of the United States of America" by Mrs. Harry Joseph Morris, Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. 1907; rpt. New York: Crest Publishing Co, 1962
Author	Glasshouse
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