Danish Order of Chivalry Grand Cross Coat of Arms of Admiral Qvistgaard (1898-1980). Displayed is the Qvistgaard family coat of arms. Its heraldry & artistic motives (central escutcheon + full armorial achievement) date back to before 1786. The visual rendering reproduced here was created by family genealogist Erhard Qvistgaard (1864-1940), & dates to well before 1923 (& so is public domain in the US), while its European copyright expired in 2010 (1940 + 70 years).