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Arms of William Henry Harrison, 9th president, 1841 Shield: Or, on a fess Sable three eagles displayed Or, a crescent Sable for difference. Crest: an eagle's head erased Or. [7] Connections to other presidents' arms: Same as the arms used by his grandson, Benjamin Harrison — John Tyler, 10th president, 1841–1845 No arms known. —
Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon (historical) Coat of arms of the Kingdom, Crown and Historical Region of Castile (historical) Coat of arms of the Kingdom and Historical Region of León (historical) Coat of arms of Sri Lanka; Coat of arms of Sweden; Coat of arms of Switzerland; Coat of arms of Syria; Coat of arms of Tanzania; Emblem of Thailand
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.
Ralph Simpson Kuykendall (April 12, 1885 – May 9, 1963) was an American historian who served as the trustee and secretary of the Hawaiian Historical Society from 1922 to 1932. Kuykendall also served as professor of history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa .
The U.S. Army establishes a heraldry office and a system of unit coats of arms in 1919. An early example of an English grant of honorary arms to a US citizen descended from a pre-1783 colonist: Alain C. White, in 1920. [4] The 51st Artillery Regiment is the first army unit to adopt a coat of arms, in 1922. President Calvin Coolidge has a coat ...
A national coat of arms is a symbol which denotes an independent state in the form of a heraldic achievement. [1] While a national flag is usually used by the population at large and is flown outside and on ships, a national coat of arms is normally considered a symbol of the government or (especially in monarchies) the head of state personally and tends to be used in print, on armorial ware ...
Vermandois coat of arms, the oldest known, circa 1115, adopted for a county that had been ruled by the last Carolingians. The origin of coats of arms is the invention, in medieval western Europe, of the emblematic system based on the blazon, which is described and studied by heraldry.
The Nathaniel and Isaac Kuykendall House is a historic house in rural Hampshire County, West Virginia, near the city of Romney. It is a two-story stone structure, built in 1789 and enlarged in 1826. It is a two-story stone structure, built in 1789 and enlarged in 1826.