Coat of Arms of the Earls of Dundee
Escutcheon
Supporters
Helm
CrestMotto
The Full Achievement
Escutcheons100s of different Shield shapes.Heraldic Heiresses (Ladies) use a “Lozenge”.
Arms of Margaret Thatcher
Tincture (Colour)
2 Metals
Argent
Or
5 Colours
Vert
SableAzure
Gules Purpure
Never place Colour on Colour Metal on Metal
Rule of Tincture
Arms of Kingdom of Jerusalem Breaks Rule of Tincture
Ordinaries A geometric shape on the escutcheon
St. George:Argent a cross gules
Divisions Splitting the Escutcheon into sections
Per Fess Per Pale Per Bend Quarterly Per Chevron Per Saltire
Hogwarts Coat of Arms, divided quarterly.Also uses an extra division for the H called an inescutcheon of pretence
Arms of City of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, divided per chevron
Per chevron Gules and Argent in chief three rock rabbits courant (Iimbela) Or and in base a cross-crosslet fitche of the first
Charges Crosses
There are 100’s of different types of crosses!
Charges Animals / Birds
Richard I (Lionheart):Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure
US Presidential Seal, Escutcheon supported by:An American eagle displayed holding in his dexter talon an olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows all proper, and in his beak a white scroll inscribed E PLURIBUS UNUM sable
Charges Plants
Canadian Royal Coat of arms has an old UK Royal coat of arms above:the third division being Argent three maple leaves conjoined on one stem proper
Tudor Rose
French Royal Arms:Azure three fleur-de-lis Or
Eton College Arms (Beneath a chief per pale);On a field sable three lily-flowers argent
Charges Inanimate Objects
Duke of Edinburgh, 4th Quarter:Argent, upon a rock Proper a castle triple towered Sable, masoned Argent, windows, port, turret-caps and vanes GulesSpanish Guardia Civil (police force) uses a crown (referring to the king), a sword (symbolic of military purpose) and a fasce (symbolic of judicial purpose)
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