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The Latin word armiger literally means "arms-bearer". In high and late medieval England, the word referred to an esquire attendant upon a knight, but bearing his own unique armorial device. [1] Armiger was also used as a Latin cognomen, and is now found as a rare surname in English-speaking countries. [citation needed]
[note 5] If an Armiger is a member of the British Peerage or a feudal baron they are permitted to wear the appropriate coronet or baronial chapeau above the circlet on their crest badge. If an armiger is a member of a Scottish clan, they may wear the crest badge of their chief, however it must be encircled by a strap and buckle (see Un ...
Coat of arms of Calgary; Armiger: Calgary, Alberta: Adopted: 1902: Crest: A setting sun or rayed sable behind a mural crown or masoned sable: Shield: Argent on St George's Cross a Maple Leaf vert and or charged with a bull buffalo proper in chief a sun rayed or and tenne setting behind mountains azure and argent
A crest is a component of a heraldic display, consisting of the device borne on top of the helm. ... the crest itself is personal to the armiger, and its use by ...
Armiger: State of North Dakota: Adopted: 1957: Crest: On a wreath Or and azure, a sheaf of three arrows argent armed and flighted gules behind a stringed bow fessways Or with grip of the second. Shield: Or a bend vert charged with three mullets of the first, in base a fleur-de-lis of the second. Motto: Strength From The Soil
Coat of arms of Glasgow; Armiger: Glasgow City Council: Adopted: 1996 (current version) Crest: The half-length figure of Saint Kentigern affrontee vested and mitred, his right hand raised in the act of benediction, and having in his left hand a crosier, all Proper.
Armiger: Commonwealth of Australia: Adopted: 19 September 1912: Crest: The Commonwealth Star: A seven-pointed star, or (gold) Torse: Or and azure (blue) Shield: see below: Supporters: Dexter (left) a red kangaroo, sinister (right) an emu, both proper (natural colours) Compartment: none, golden wattle is depicted in commonly used versions: Motto
Armiger: Republic of Latvia: Adopted: June 15, 1921: Crest: An arc of three mullets Or: Shield: Per fess and in base per pale: 1st Azure, a demi-sun issuing from base Or; 2nd Argent, a lion rampant contourné Gules; 3rd Gules, a gryphon segreant brandishing in the dexter claw a sword Argent.