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Bookmark or Share- About Coats of Arms | The Heraldry SocietyAbout Coats of Arms. Although the essential and most important element, the shield is but one part of a coat arms. A full Achievement of Arms can (but not always will) consist of supporters, mantling, a compartment, a motto, a helmet, a wreath, a crest, a badge, a banner, a flag – and more.
- Heraldry | Meaning, Rules, Arm, & Symbols | BritannicaHeraldry, the science and the art that deal with the use, display, and regulation of hereditary symbols employed to distinguish individuals, armies, institutions, and corporations. Those symbols, which originated as identification devices on flags and shields, are called armorial bearings.
- Medieval Heraldry - World History EncyclopediaHeraldry, which is the use of inherited coats of arms and other symbols to show personal identity and family lineage, began on the mid-12th century CE battlefield as an easy means to identify medieval royalty and princes who were otherwise unrecognisable beneath their armour.
- Heraldry - Symbols, Origins, History | BritannicaHeraldry - Symbols, Origins, History: Many writers argue that it was not until a generation after the First Crusade that unmistakable evidence of heraldic designs appear, but what evidence there is has to be interpreted within the definition of heraldry.
- Heraldry - WikipediaHeraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.
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