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Hi all,
spoons and forks of this Odiot pattern (name or no.?) bear the marks used from 1906-1956. On the reverse there is a family crest with the motto "IUVAT PIETAS" Does anybody know to what family it belongs?
Regards silverfan

Hi Silverfan,

Piety stands with me. One possibility is the House of Croy who had branches in Belgium, France, and Prussia. The right side of the shield seems to bear a Prussian eagle, with the left a partial fleur de lis in the upper right. Try Princess Isabella of Croy 1856-1931. See how that works out for you.

Warren

Thank you WarrenKundis. In the meantime I knew from Odiot that the name of the flatware is "Vannes", but they couldn't tell me the name of the family. Your hint "Croy" did not lead me to a result.
Regards silverfan

I believe these are the arms of RIQUETTI, the marquis de Mirabeau, and the motto is actually Juvat Pietas. Kind regards.

Hallo nobilityhouse, thank you very much. I found the arms of Riqueti de Mirabeau in

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It is the heraldic right part of my (I suppose) Allianzwappen. In the net I only got information about Mirabeau, politician during the French revolution, nothing about descendants. There must have been somebody in the first half of the 20th century, because my flatware is marked in that time. Remains the question of the second coat of arms.
Regards silverfan

I have been stymied in my quest for the wife's half of this coat of arms, as seen on the viewer's right. The shield is Or (gold) a eagle displayed Sable (black). That is quite common and most of the texts are in French. Kind regards.