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2. Coat of arms - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. File:Lee Coat of Arms.svg - Wikipedia

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   Lee Family Coat of Arms Description: “Gules, a fesse chequy or and azure between ten billets argent, four in chief, and three, two and one in base”. (On a red shield a broad horizontal bar composed of three rows of alternating blue and gold squares between ten silver oblong figures, four in the top part of the shield and six in the lower ...

4. Papal coats of arms - Wikipedia

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   Arms of Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo, 1484–1492) as shown in the contemporary Wernigerode Armorial.The coat of arms of the House of Cybo is here shown with the papal tiara and two keys argent in one of the earliest examples of these external ornaments of a papal coat of arms (Pope Nicholas V in 1447 was the first to adopt two silver keys as the charges of his adopted coat of arms).

5. Charge (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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   In English heraldry the crescent, mullet, martlet, annulet, fleur-de-lis and rose may be added to a shield to distinguish cadet branches of a family from the senior line. It does not follow, however, that a shield containing such a charge necessarily belongs to a cadet branch. All of these charges occur frequently in basic (undifferenced) coats ...

6. Escutcheon (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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   [9] [10] Male (shield-shaped) and female (lozenge-shaped) coats of arms in relief in Southwark, London. In English heraldry, the lozenge has been used by women since the 13th century [11] for the display of their coats of arms instead of the escutcheon or shield, which are associated with warfare. In this case the lozenge is shown without crest ...

7. File:Coat of Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1981-1996).svg

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8. File:Coat of Arms of John F. Kennedy.svg - Wikipedia

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   Crest: Between two olive branches a cubit sinister arm in armor erect, the hand holding a sheaf of four arrows, points upward, all proper Motto: (No motto) In 1961, John F. Kennedy was presented with a grant of arms for all the descendants of Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858) from the Chief Herald of Ireland.

9. Achievement (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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   Crest placed atop a: Torse (or cap of maintenance as a special honour) Mantling; Helm of appropriate variety; if holder of higher rank than a baronet, issuing from a: Coronet or crown (not used by baronets), of appropriate variety. Console; Supporters (if the bearer is entitled to them, generally in modern usage not baronets), which may stand ...