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What is the heraldic emblem occupying the escutcheon of a shield or crest?
Charge
What is the name of the heraldic shield or emblem displayed in a coat of arms?
Escutcheon
What is the name of the heraldic emblem occupying the escutcheon of a shield or crest?
Charge
Could an established heraldic shield be copied by another person?
no they cannot because that is there property
What is a word for the heraldic system of combining four coats of arms into a shield?
It is called quartering.
What is the name of a small bird animal or other heraldic symbol placed above a shield or alone in a helmet?
wr--------------------------------------------
What does a snake mean if it is on a heraldic shield?
It means nothing, Heraldic sheilds were used to show who the soldier was. The soldier would have chose the symbol, its colour and the background colour so he could be identified clearly in battle or if he died.
What does an escutcheon do?
An escutcheon plate is a plate that surrounds or covers a key hole, door handle or light switch. It was a heraldic shield that displayed a coat of arms
What are significance of heraldic shield shapes?
In heraldry today shield shapes are usually chosen to match the design. Historians are divided on what the various shapes signify but most agree that it is either the geographic area or the time period which determined it. The shield itself is not part of the official blazon of a coat of arms.
What is the meaning of lion on a shield?
A Lion on a Shield is a Heraldic symbol. The lion was a symbol of - Deathless courage. It's positioning has additional meaning: standing on its back legs - Wearing a crown - As well as the colour of the "field" it rests upon also has significance.
What is the saltire on a coin?
Saltire is a "heraldic" term and refers to a diagonal cross on a shield. This is often seen on old British coins where the shield may be a cruciform shield and the saltire a cross of sceptres of perhaps even swords, pikes or tridents. The term comes from 14th century Old French "sauteour", being a cross-shaped barricade.
When was Flemish Heraldic Council created?
Flemish Heraldic Council was created in 1984.
