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The boar's head is a common charge, and in English heraldry is traditionally shown attached to its neck. In Scottish and Welsh heraldry, however, it terminated behind the ears. In the first case, the boar's head is described as being couped or erased at the neck, while in the latter it is couped or erased close. [4]
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).
Pages in category "Boars in heraldry" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Horncastle boar's head; I. Clan Innes; L. Legio I Italica ...
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] Plant badge: laurel [37] Chief: Donald MacLaren of MacLaren and Achleskine
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White Boar badge with Richard III's motto Loyaulte me lie ("Loyalty binds me"). Richard and his son standing on boars in a contemporary heraldic roll by John Rous. The White Boar was the personal device or badge of the English King Richard III of England (1452–1485, reigned from 1483), and is an early instance of the use of boars in heraldry.
A Boar's Head liverwurst sample tested positive for the outbreak strain of listeria in testing last month by the Maryland Department of Health, prompting the expanded recall.
Crest: A boar's head erect Argent out of the mouth a peacock's tail Proper. Supporters: Two tigers reguardant Proper. William Alington, Speaker of the House 1429-30 Escutcheon: Sable a bend engrailed between six billets Argent. John Bowes, Speaker of the House 1435 Escutcheon: Ermine three bows strung in pale Gules.