The so-called "family crests" are not really familycrests. They are assigned to individuals, and each person using a crest should have something slightly different.
Italian noble families do have crests. They are often seen above the entrance to the palazzos the family owns or owned. However, just as in other countries, most Italian familes are not part of the nobility and do not have family crests.
Surnames don't have family crests; families have family crests. For any given surname there can be several unrelated families, each with a different crest, and many more unrelated families with no crest at all.
Most Ward family crests that can be viewed by Googling "ward family crest" do not have any animals on them. A few have a horse.
Yes. Actually, there are two different crests. You can find them by Googling "selwyn family crest" (no quotiation marks).
The most likely reason that there are two Quinn family crests is that there are two unrelated or distantly related Quinn families that received crests or created their own.
There are a great many different Smith families. Most will not have a family crest since most blacksmiths, copper-smiths and the like were not in the social classes that had crests. Any two that do have family crests will have different crests.
Most Campbell Crests that can be found by searching Google include the head of a boar, a fierce, tucked member of the pig family. However, some Campbell crests carry an eagle or a swan.
The so-called "family crests" are not really familycrests. They are assigned to individuals, and each person using a crest should have something slightly different.
Certainly. Very few families actually have family crests.
Talk to him about family crests.
German police found Anne and her family in the Secert Annex along with several others.
Italian noble families do have crests. They are often seen above the entrance to the palazzos the family owns or owned. However, just as in other countries, most Italian familes are not part of the nobility and do not have family crests.
The Latin phrase Deo Vero et honori means 'God and honor'. It is often found on family crests in England and France.
Pax copia sapientia is a Latin phrase that is translated "Peace, plenty of wisdom". It is found in many family crests in European nations.
Crests and similar symbols were means of identifying important people at a time when most people could not read or write.
My guess is that the symbols were family crests.