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... HELMETS HERALDIC ABBREVIATIONS • 250 278 263 • 277 243 69 62 48 HERALDRY , INTRODUCTION TO . 1 KING · HERALDS ' COLLEGE , AND HERALDS HERALDRY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARCHITECTURE KNIGHTHOOD , ORDERS OF , IN ENGLAND 272 71 • 213 232 KNIGHTS ...
... HELMETS HERALDIC ABBREVIATIONS • 250 278 263 • 277 243 69 62 48 HERALDRY , INTRODUCTION TO . 1 KING · HERALDS ' COLLEGE , AND HERALDS HERALDRY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARCHITECTURE KNIGHTHOOD , ORDERS OF , IN ENGLAND 272 71 • 213 232 KNIGHTS ...
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... 11. G , a lion rampant - gardant double queuée 48 Introduction to Heraldry . GROOM OF THE STOLE HANOVERIAN GUELPHIC ORDER HATCHMENTS, EXPLANATION HELMETS HERALDIC ABBREVIATIONS 250 278 263 277 243 69 HERALDRY, INTRODUCTION 1.
... 11. G , a lion rampant - gardant double queuée 48 Introduction to Heraldry . GROOM OF THE STOLE HANOVERIAN GUELPHIC ORDER HATCHMENTS, EXPLANATION HELMETS HERALDIC ABBREVIATIONS 250 278 263 277 243 69 HERALDRY, INTRODUCTION 1.
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... helmet , mantling , wreath , crest , badge , motto , sup- porters , crown , or coronet . HELMETS . The helmet being placed at the top of the escutcheon , claims our first attention . These pieces of armour for the head have varied in ...
... helmet , mantling , wreath , crest , badge , motto , sup- porters , crown , or coronet . HELMETS . The helmet being placed at the top of the escutcheon , claims our first attention . These pieces of armour for the head have varied in ...
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... helmet with five bars ; the helmet steel , and the bars and breast part gold ; for dukes and marquesses . Third , A profile or side - faced helmet of steel ; the bars , bailes , or grills , and ornaments gold ; for earls , viscounts ...
... helmet with five bars ; the helmet steel , and the bars and breast part gold ; for dukes and marquesses . Third , A profile or side - faced helmet of steel ; the bars , bailes , or grills , and ornaments gold ; for earls , viscounts ...
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... helmet as a support for the crest . It is composed of two rolls of silk twisted together , and of the colours or metal of the arms . If one of the rolls be metal , the other must be of the principal colour of the arms ; but when there ...
... helmet as a support for the crest . It is composed of two rolls of silk twisted together , and of the colours or metal of the arms . If one of the rolls be metal , the other must be of the principal colour of the arms ; but when there ...
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ancient argent armour azure badge baron baronets base bearing beast bend sinister bezants bird Bishop blazon border borne called canton centre charge chevron chevron between three chief coat-armour coats of arms cockatrice colour conjoined coronet couped crescents crest cross cross pattée crown dexter diagonal different tincture dolphin duke eagle earl earl marshal Edward England engrailed ensign erased erect ermine escutcheon example fess fleurs-de-lis four French gardant Garter gold gules hauriant head helmet Henry Henry VIII heraldry heralds honour impaled king king's knights Knights Bachelors KNOT legs lines lion rampant lord lozenges mantle martlets metal mullets naiant ordinary ornaments pale Party passant perpendicular placed Plate points Prince proper quarter Queen reign represented rose royal sable saltire sejant shield side signifies sovereign tail term trefoils vert VIII viscount wings Wives worn wreath xxiv xxxi xxxii xxxiv xxxix xxxv xxxvi XXXVIII younger sons
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