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  2. Crest (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Though usually adopted through marriage to an heiress, examples exist of secondary crests being granted as augmentations: after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, Robert Ross was granted, in addition to his original crest, the crest of an arm holding the US flag with a broken flagstaff. [17] crest badge of the chief of Clan ...

  3. Slogan (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Arms of Brady Brim-DeForest, Baron of Balvaird with the motto above the crest and war cry or slogan below. A slogan is used in Scottish heraldry as a heraldic motto or a secondary motto. It usually appears above the crest on a coat of arms, though sometimes it appears as a secondary motto beneath the shield. [1] The word slogan dates from 1513.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Blazon - Wikipedia

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    If the same tincture was found in different places within the arms, this was addressed either by ordering all elements of like tincture together prior to the tincture name (e.g., Argent, two chevrons and a canton gules); or by naming the tincture only at its first occurrence, and referring to it at subsequent occurrences obliquely, for example ...

  6. 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.

  7. Compartment (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Care must be taken to distinguish true compartments from items upon which supporters are merely resting one or more feet, or, sometimes, mere heraldic badges or pure decoration under the shield, and, conversely, care must also be taken in very unusual cases such as the coat of arms of Belize and Gabon, in which what may be taken to be a crest ...

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  9. Motto - Wikipedia

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    For example, the motto of the Earl of Onslow is Festina lente (literally 'make haste slowly'), punningly interpreting 'on slow'. [11] Similarly, the motto of the Burgh of Tayport , Te oportet alte ferri (It is incumbent on you to carry yourself high), is a cant on 'Tayport at auld Tay Ferry', also alluding to the local lighthouse. [ 12 ]