It is our pleasure and privilege to accommodate our German-speaking readers with the following expert quotation of Mr. Claus J. Billet:
"Das Heraldische Kollegium Russlands, das allgemein unter seinem lateinischen Namen COLLEGIUM HERALDICUM RUSSIAE (CHR) bekannt ist, wurde 1991 wiedergegründet und steht unter der Schirmherrschaft Seiner kaiserlichen Hoheit dem Großfürst Wladimir Kirillowitsch in seiner Eigenschaft als Haupt des kaiserlichen Hauses Romanow. Nach der Gründung ist das CHR korrekt beim Russischen Justizministerium angemeldet worden und ist heute die einzige legale (allerdings nicht-staatliche) Organisation mit dem legitimen Recht, die satzungsgemäß 'Wappen für Personen und Organisationen schaffen und registrieren und deren Verleihung veröffentlichen' darf."
The Chiefs of the Ducal/Princely House Gulgowski-Doliwa are dedicated believers in
their U.S. Second Amendment right to bear arms for the protection of their own persons,
relatives, friends as well as other individuals in imminent danger to lose their lives
or property.
The Ducal/Princely Standard of Gulgowski-Doliwa is permanently displayed (left center above) in the Principal Chapel of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio (RCST) in Cervide, Portugal (see below).
TRANSLATION
The Double-Headed Russian Imperial Eagle
To V. P. 4-IX-91 R.
Valery Pavlovich,
I thank you for your letter of 30 August and for your greetings.
It is pleasant to see the progress of your Heraldic Society. I ask you to continue your useful work for the wellbeing of our Fatherland.
Your scientific research “The Heraldic Genealogy of Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolayevich” impressed me greatly. I watch your activities with a keen interest and I value them very much. I like also the draft of the new Heraldic Letters Patent which you sent me last time.
I find interesting and acceptable your suggestion of being named St Andrew Principal Herald Master. I will charge my Chancellery with the preparation of the proper document. I hope to hand it to you personally at an official ceremony, when, God give, I will return to the Motherland.
I am sending my sincere regards to the Yegorovs! Vladimir
Crowns are much more than those who are entitled to wear them. They are a symbol for the entirety of a cultural whole and the idea of enlightened statesmanship.
A NECESSARY REMARK FROM THE ST. ANDREW PRINCIPAL HERALD MASTER:
The benevolent reader will notice that the present image of the personal letter from His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich to Commander Valery Yegorov proves to be executed on the own Grand Duke’s stationery paper form, properly ensigned at the top with the Double-Headed Russian Imperial Eagle. The very body of the letter was typed out with the help of an old-fashioned type-writer (not a modern computer), while the initial salutation, the letter’s date of issue, and the final best wishes, together with the own Grand Duke’s SIGNATURE were handwritten. The whole high-wrought epistle is done in a very good and absolutely correct Russian language, which fact is extremely plausible for a man who had had to live all of his lifetime in exile abroad, very far from his Native Land.
The form of address, here “Valery Pavlovich”, which includes the FIRST name and the PATRONYMIC of the addressee, is a traditional Russian very polite form of addressing, used both in speech and in writing, just to emphasize respect and good will of the speaker or the letter’s author toward the receiver of his message.
Also remarkable is the Grand Duke’s manner to write down the date of the letter, here: 4-IX-91 г. The first figure denotes the day, then the month is designated by the Roman numerals IX (=9 =September), and the year 1991 is shown as -91. Plus final г. which implies the contracted Russian word год (year) with a dot at the end. This is also an old fashioned pre-revolutionary Russian method of writing calendar dates in letters.
A necessary remark from the St. Andrew Principal Herald Master can be found at the very end of this webpage.
An unknown, delicately beautiful Vietnamese lady in exile skillfully and devotedly stitches with loving, tender care the revered flag of her homeland Vietnam.
Hau Tuoc Hoa'ng Th'ich Prof. Dr. Major General Nguyen Phuc Dong Vinh, Ph.D., GCDA, etc.
shortly after receipt of his appointment orders in front of the Prince Regent's of Vietnam residence.
The IICPG is a recognized and integral part of the Legion of Frontiersmen.
Their prestigious insignia is displayed above.
The Rank Insignia of a Major General, IICPG
Shoulder Patch
The Imperial International Ceremonial Peaceful Guard of the
Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (in Exile) (IICPG)
Heraldry Related Items
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We thank our highly appreciated readers for their renewed interest in our Dynasty's
coats-of-arms webpage.
The coat-of-arms
of Nu Hau Tuoc Hoa'ng Th'ich Dame Nguyen Phuc Dong An, GCDA, JC
in her civilian service capacities on behalf of the
Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (in Exile).
The coat-of-arms
of Hau Tuoc Hao'ng Th'ich Major General Nguyen Phuc Dong Vinh, Ph.D., GCDA, VCG.
in his military capacity as
Major General and Deputy Commander and Chief of the
Imperial International, Peaceful, Ceremonial Guard (IIPCG)
The coat-of-arms (2007-2008)
of Hau Tuoc Hoa'ng Th'ich Professor Nguyen Phuc Dong Vinh, Ph..D.
in his civilian service capacities with the Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (in Exile).
The Dukes/Princes Gulgowski-Doliwa,
here pictorially integrated with the Prince Regents of Vietnam (in Exile),
H.I.H. Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh, Duke of Kien Hoa, and
H.I.H. Cong Nuong Princess Phan Lien, Duchess of Kien Hoa,
together with their spiritual adviser, Imperial Chancellor, personal pilot and
chief of communications and computer support.
The Coats-of-Arms and Chivalric Orders of
The Ducal and Princely House Gulgowski-Doliwa
in Their Association with
The Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (in Exile),
Who had Adopted Us as
Princes of the Blood and Imperial Margraves,
and whom we served with distinction and loyalty
under the following names/titles and capacities:
Hau Tuoc Hoa'ng Th'ich Major General Professor
Nguyen Phuc Dong Vinh, Ph.D., GCDA, VCG,
Chief of the Imperial Vietnamese USA Staff,
Vice President of the United International Supreme Council for The Freedom of Vietnam
and Southeast Asia,
Executive Vice President of International Affairs and
Major General and Deputy Commander in Chief of the
Imperial International Peaceful Ceremonial Guard (IIPCG).
Nu Hau Tuoc Hoa'ng Th'ich Dame
Nguyen Phuc Dong An, GCDA, JC
Deputy Chief of the Imperial Vietnamese USA Staff,
Deputy Vice President of the United International Supreme Council for Freedom of Vietnam
and Southeast Asia,
Deputy Executive Vice President of International Affairs and
Chief of the Foreign Chancellery of the Imperial Nguyen Dynasty (in Exile).
Dr. Paul W. Prince Gulgowski-Doliwa, The Duke of Schlesien-Glogau,
takes great joy and pleasure in the privilege of presenting to his son, Prince Paul II, The Hereditary Duke of Schlesien-Glogau, his CHR Matricula Armorum.
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The Chivalric Decorations manifested above are listed below according to their prominence.
The Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Gereon, The Jerusalem Cross,
The Commander's Cross of the Order of St. Stanislas,
The Commander's Degree of the Order of the Dragon of Annam,
Commander's Degree of The Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio*,
The Eagle of Silesia in Honor of the Defenders of our Civilization*.
(*Not yet published on his coat-of-arms painting.)
The Chivalric Decorations manifested above are listed below according to their prominence:
The Grand Badge of the Order of Queen Tamar of Georgia,
The Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Gereon,
The Grand Cordon of the Dragon of Annam,
The Grand Cordon of Justice of The Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio,
The Dame Commander's Cross with Star of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem,
The Dame Commander's Cross of the Eagle of Georgia, The Seamless Tunic of our Lord Jesus Christ,
The Dame Commander's Badge of the Croissant de la Grande Comore (not yet incorporated into this coat-of-arms).
The Jerusalem Cross,
The Eagle Order of Silesia in Honor of St. Hedwig,
The Eagle Order of Silesia in Honor of the Defenders of our Civilization,
Croix D'Honneur, European Union Police- and Security Forces.
The Imperial Hispanic Order Charles V (not yet incorporated into above CoA).
The Greater Coat-of-Arms of Chev. Paul W. Prince Gulgowski-Doliwa II,
The Hereditary Duke of Schlesien-Glogau,
is illustrated in conjunction with the Orders of Chivalry thereto pertaining.
The Chivalric Decorations manifested above are:
The Grand Cordon of the Royal Eagle of Georgia, The Seamless Tunic of our Lord Jesus Christ,
The Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gereon,
The Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam,
The Grand Cross of Justice of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio,
The Commanders Cross with Star of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem,
The Eagle Order of Silesia in Honor of St. Hedwig, whose protectors we are,
The Eagle Order of Silesia in Honor of the Defenders of our Civilization,
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,
The Order of St. John (H) and
The Jerusalem Cross (not yet incorporated in this coat-of-arms).
The Imperial Hispanic Order Charles V (not yet incorporated in this CoA)
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The Orders of Chivalry listed above do not include military and maritime decorations awarded to this Armiger. However, in the interest of fairness, a few of them are listed for the benefit of our valued readers.
U.S. Defense Department Meritorious Service Medal,
U.S. Meritorious Service Medal (five awards),
U.S. Army Commendation Medal (three awards),
U.S. Coast Guard Commendation Medal,
U.S. Coast Guard Sustained Service Award (ten awards),
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry,
Others.
The Greater Coat-of-Arms of Dame Heide A.M. Princess Gulgowski-Doliwa,
The Duchess of Schlesien-Glogau,
is illustrated in conjunction with the Orders of Chivalry thereto pertaining.
The Greater Coat-of-Arms of Dr. Paul W. Prince Gulgowski-Doliwa,
The Duke of Schlesien-Glogau,
is illustrated below in conjunction with the Orders of Chivalry thereto pertaining.
The Senior Chief of the Ducal and Princely House of Gulgowski-Doliwa is proud to be an Honorary Member of the Russian College of Heraldry.
The modern CHR came to life in 1983 with the advice, consent and blessings of
H.I.H. The Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, Head of the Russian Imperial House Romanov;
Commander John P. Brooke-Little, Esq., Royal Herald Master to Her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Colonel Dr. David Pittman Johnson, U.S. Army (Retired) Founder and President of the American College of Heraldry. Photographs of these giants of Heraldry are depicted below, in the sequence they are mentioned above.
The above shown Greater Imperial Russian Coat-of-Arms was painted by the President and Founder of the Collegium Heraldicum Russiae (CHR) in 2003.
As far as the authors of this webpage were able to ascertain, the CHR is an extension in time of a much older Imperial Russian Heraldic Office of Arms; however, the historically more recent Russian College of Heraldry goes back to 1983. The gentleman who must be credited for this Herculean achievement of modern times is Commander Valery Yegorov, Master Mariner of the Russian Federation Merchant Marine (Retired), who, together with his
coat-of-arms, is featured below.
The coats-of-arms of the senior members of the Princely and Ducal House Gulgowski-Doliwa, which includes H.S.H. Paul W. Gulgowski-Doliwa II, B.Sc. Engineering (with Distinction) The Hereditary Dukes of Schlesien-Glogau, were in their final research based on our Dynasty's history and historical developments in the Empires of Austria-Hungary, Germany (Prussia), Russia and the Kingdom of Poland by the President and Herald Master of the Russian College of Heraldry (Collegium Heraldicum Russiae), Commander and Master Mariner Valery Yegorov, artistically created by the Principal Heraldic Artist of the College Mrs. Natalia Yegorova and registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
The Princes Heide and Paul shortly after having been invested as Commanders of the coveted and venerable Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in Budapest, Hungary.
The Coats-of-Arms and Chivalric Orders of
The Ducal / Princely House Gulgowski-Doliwa
Authored and Created by
Their Most Serene Highnesses
Prof. Dr. Paul W. Prince Gulgowski-Doliwa and
Grand Dame Heide A.M. Princess Gulgowski-Doliwa,
The Duke and Duchess of Schlesien-Glogau