The emblem of the House of Ascania, red eagle and bear, became the heraldic emblems of Berlin.

His heraldic badge was a shield of argent, with a bear rampant of proper sable.

The bear was the heraldic animal of the seal and coat of arms of Bern from at least the 1220s.

Robert Dudley was especially fascinated by the Beauchamp descent and, with his brother, adopted the ancient heraldic device of the earls of Warwick, the bear and ragged staff.

Like all heraldic coronets, it is mostly worn at the coronation of a sovereign, but a viscount has the right to bear his coronet of rank on his coat of arms, above the shield.

A compartment is usually some kind of landscape ( in the case of Scottish chiefs it is generally a " mount vert "-grassy mount covered with the clan's flower ) or seascape, and these can be quite elaborate, particularly in more recent Canadian grants, such as the compartment of the University of Northern British Columbia, in which the female kermodei bear and woodland caribou buck stand on a forest, mountain peaks and ears of wheat, all rising out of the conventionalised heraldic representation of water, which is itself charged with an orca as designed by Ron Sebastian.

* heraldic and peerage studies ( inquiries into the legal right of persons to bear arms or claim noble status )

The heraldic device of the Earls of Warwick, the bear and ragged staff, is believed to derive from two legendary Earls, Arthal and Morvidus.

Under English heraldic law, women other than monarchs do not bear helms or crests ; instead, the coronet appropriate to the dame's rank ( if she is a peer or member of the Royal family ) is used.

Under English heraldic law, women other than monarchs do not bear helms or crests ; instead, the coronet appropriate to the dame's rank, if there is one, is used ( see coronet ).

The arms showed a bear chained to a wych-elm tree, which formed part of the insignia of the borough of Berwick upon Tweed, and was an heraldic pun on the town and county's name.

* The bear is not taken from any historical arms-it simply recalls the name of the town, apparently looking into a den, while muzzled in traditional heraldic style.

Some early heraldic writers say that the illegitimate son of a noblewoman must bear her arms with " a surcoat "; that is, on ( large ) flaunches around a blank center.

This means that in Scotland no two men can ever simultaneously bear the same arms, even by accident, if they have submitted their position to the Scottish heraldic authorities ( which not all do in practice, in Scotland as in England ); if they have not done so, the matter falls under statute law and may result in proceedings in the Lyon Court, which is part of the Scots criminal justice system.

In the Scots heraldic system ( which has little to do with the clan system ), only one bearer of any given surname may bear plain arms.

Like their father, Ambrose and Robert Dudley adopted the bear and ragged staff, the heraldic device of the medieval Earls of Warwick.

In the Northwest Coast, talking sticks are carved wooden staffs, which can either bear a single crest at the top or be fully carved with heraldic crests of the chief.

The front is often very elaborately decorated with an integrated mural of numerous drawings of faces and heraldic crest icons of raven, bear, whale, etc.

The Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society is a small museum in the town of Hammerfest, Norway The significance of the polar bear is that this animal is the town's mascot and heraldic crest.

Under South African law, everyone has the right to bear a coat of arms as she or he pleases, as long as she or he does not infringe on the rights of others ( i. e. the arms are not too similar to arms already in use by someone else ) and the proposed arms conform to basic heraldic principles.

On the east side lies a statue of a bear and a madrone tree ( madroño ), the heraldic symbol of Madrid.

A third option is to have the players portray Corwin's children, in an Amber-like city built around Corwin's pattern ; this is sometimes called an " Argent " game, since one of Corwin's heraldic colours is Silver.

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Or, a saltire gules, on a chief of the last a martlet of the field.

The gallery of the church is decorated with the heraldic crests of prominent local families and is reputed to be constructed of timbers from ships captured during the defeat of the Spanish Armada, although this has not been categorically substantiated.

The Dalhousie seal is based on the heraldic achievement of the Clan Ramsay of Scotland, largely because the founder of the university, the George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie was the head of the clan.

The heraldic description given by the EU is: " On an azure field a circle of twelve golden mullets, their points not touching.

To most, though, heraldry is the practice of designing, displaying, describing, and recording coats of arms and heraldic badges.

In general, the shape of the shield employed in a coat of arms is irrelevant, because the fashion for the shield-shapes employed in heraldic art has changed through the centuries.

A charge is any object or figure placed on a heraldic shield or on any other object of an armorial composition.

In Britain this is most often an " escutcheon of pretence " indicating, in the arms of a married couple, that the wife is an heraldic heiress ( i. e., she inherits a coat of arms because she has no brothers ).

In English the word " crest " is commonly ( but erroneously ) used to refer to an entire heraldic achievement of armorial bearings.

In most heraldic traditions, a woman does not display a crest, though this tradition is being relaxed in some heraldic jurisdictions, and the stall plate of Lady Marion Fraser in the Thistle Chapel in St Giles, Edinburgh, shows her coat on a lozenge but with helmet, crest, and motto.

Dutch heraldry is characterised by its simple and rather sober style, and in this sense, is closer to its medieval origins than the elaborate styles which developed in other heraldic traditions.

It is common to see heraldic furs used.

After the Renaissance the caduceus also appeared in the heraldic crests of several, and currently is a symbol of commerce.

* Herald: This officer is in charge of heraldic activities, such as the creation and registration of names and arms.

In heraldry, the granny knot is known as the " Bourchier knot ", due to being a heraldic badge of the Bourchier family.

The Savoy knot, a type of decorative knot, is a heraldic knot used primarily in Italian heraldry.

It is most notable for its appearance on the heraldic badge of the House of Savoy, where it is accompanied by the motto Stringe ma non costringe, " It tightens, but does not constrain ".

The first mention of a dishonorable display of arms ( and the only one reliably attested in actual use ) was inverting the entire shield, first documented by Johannes de Bado Aureo in his heraldic treatise Tractatus de armis ( c. 1394 ).

The earliest example of a lion's image as the heraldic symbol of Bulgaria is documented in the Lord Marshal's Roll,

Each of these is documented by an heraldic tincture, namely blue for the community ’ s main membership in Nassau, and red for the Electorate of Trier.