The Alexander Coat-of Arms is a very unusual and beautiful
example of the counterchanged Coat, with a striking contrast
between the silver and black.
 The emblazon is in "code"- argent (silver) is indicated
by blank white space, and sable (black) by perpendicular and
horizontal lines drawn crossing one another at right angles.
 The description of the Alexander Coat-of-Arms is found in
Burk`s General Armory and all similar registers in books on
the Alexander families or concerning them.
 This is the basic Alexander Coat-of-Arms and is used by
many of the families in every part of the British Isles,
with various augmentations.
Translated into non-Heraldic terms: A shield divided vertically
into two equal parts (per pale) the right side of the
shield silver (argent) and left black (sable). The Chevron
and the Crescent in the lower part (in base) have the
colorings exchanged or "counterchanged"; that is the black
is charged on the silver, and the silver on the black.
 The chevron "likened unto the roof of a house", is
emblematical of protecting the defenseless and was also
granted for the building of churches and fortresses. The
chevron is one of nine so-called "honourable Ordinaries",
straight sided figures one-third the width of the shield, first
symbols used to identify men in armour. Honourable Ordinaries
always signify a particularly honourable award.
 A crescent definitely denotes Crusader ancestry, and was
awarded to those who were conquerors over the Turks who
delayed their progress to the Holy Land. It is also emblematic
of eternity. The moon in its diversity of changes represents
when depicted as a crescent, or new moon, " a renewal or
rebirth of youth in the cycle of eternal destiny," according
to ancient symbolic interpretations of celestial bodies.
 Silver signifies sincerity and peace; sable, the fur
lining of royal robes, constancy and nobility.