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The O’Hanlon family coat of arms features a boar and was used as the Standard Bearer for Orior (present day Ulster). Some Irish Keating families have been granted arms containing a boar going through a holly bush to symbolize toughness and courage [citation needed]. In Scotland, a boar's head is the crest of Clan Campbell and Clan Innes.
Crest: A lion's head erased sable crowned with an antique crown of six (four visible) points Or, between two branches of laurel issuing from the Wreath at either side of the head both Proper. [ 215 ] Motto: Creag an tuirc [ 215 ] [Scottish Gaelic, 'The boar's rock'] [ 215 ]
A bear is also used, cantingly, in the arms of the Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council. The coat of arms of German state of Saxony-Anhalt depicts a bear on a red city gate on lower half, which is inherited from the former Free State of Anhalt. This is also adopted by arms of several districts of the state for their histories with Anhalt.
A Turk's head couped in the arms of the Hungarian town Komádi.. The heads of humans and other animals are frequently occurring charges in heraldry.The blazon, or heraldic description, usually states whether an animal's head is couped (as if cut off cleanly at the neck), erased (as if forcibly ripped from the body), or cabossed (turned affronté without any of the neck showing).
Hasbro officially named the toy Mr. Potato Head. [6] In 1964 and 1975, George Lerner's original designs got their plastic head and size upgrades respectively, in order to comply with government issued safety regulations. [7] Lerner died in 1995. [citation needed]
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design [1] on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto.
Tradition stating that the Chisholms were a Norman family who arrived in England after the conquest of 1066., [3] the original surname being De Chese to which the Saxon term "Holme" was added. [3] According to the Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia the Chisholm name was known in the Scottish Borders since the reign of Alexander III. [4]
Historically a grant of arms is distinguished from both a confirmation of arms and a private registration of arms. A grant of arms confers a new right, whereas a confirmation of arms confirms an existing right; and a private registration of arms is a record which does not purport to create or confirm any legal right.