the crest of john charles stahlschmidt

An inscription in an armorial

Some of the Stahlschmidt families used a private coat of arm (cf. e.g. DGB 139), but only two crests are de facto enrolled in an armorial. One of them belonged to John Charles Stahlschmidt, Esq. Lambeth County of Surrey & Henry George Stahlschmidt Esq. Lambeth, Surrey:

"Stahlschmidt, John Charles, Esq. (Lamberth, Surrey)
ar. on a mount vert, a man ppr. vested sn. slashed gn.
cap, hose, and trunkhose of the last, the latter slashed
of the fourth, holding in the left hand, upon an anvil,
an iron, in the attitude of striking in with a hammer in
the right, also ppr.; on a cauton of the fifth, a cross
humettée of the field; a label upon a label for diff. -
Crest, a demi warrior, couped at the thighs, in armour,
an open helmet on the head, face affrontée, in the right
hand a battle-axe, all ppr.; differenced as the arms,
Motto: Deo inspirante, rege favente. Who also bears,
in addition the Insignia of the Hanoverian Gold Medal
of Merit, conferred by His Majesty George the Fourth,
for his services during the late campaigns".¹

Stahlschmidt, Henry George had the same arms and crest, differenced with a crescent on a label.

John Charles was born 1791 at London, son of Conrad Christian Stahlschmidt & Anna Miller, grandson of pastor Georg Friedrich Casimir Stahlschmidt of Freckleben, Saxony.
Stahlschmidt took part in the Napoleonic wars, the Napoleon final defeat of Waterloo and Second Treaty at Paris. In October 1825 King George IV. nominated Stahlschmidt for a member of the "Royal Guelphic Order" (= Hanoverian Guelphic Order) as a reward for his merits during the late campaigns. JC Stahlschmidt was married with Sarah Lett. They had five children.