Typically in British heraldry, the outer surface of the mantling is of the principal color in the shield and the inner surface is of the principal metal, though peers in the United Kingdom use standard colourings regardless of rank or the colourings of their arms.

The mantling is sometimes conventionally depicted with a ragged edge, as if damaged in combat, though the edges of most are simply decorated at the emblazoner's discretion.

In heraldry, mantling or lambrequin is drapery tied to the helmet above the shield.

In paper heraldry it is a depiction of the protective cloth covering ( often of linen ) worn by knights from their helmets to stave off the elements, and, secondarily, to decrease the effects of sword-blows against the helmet in battle, from which it is usually shown tattered or cut to shreds ; less often it is shown as an intact drape, principally in those cases where a clergyman uses a helmet and mantling ( to symbolise that, despite the perhaps contradictory presence of the helmet, the clergyman has not been involved in combat ), although this is usually the artist's discretion and done for decorative rather than symbolic reasons.

Generally, mantling is blazoned mantled x, doubled y ; the cloth has two sides, one of a heraldic colour ( the five principal colours being red, blue, green, black, or purple — there are other very rare colours as well ) and the other of a heraldic metal ( white or yellow ).

) The mantling is usually in the main colours of the shield, or else in the livery colours that symbolize the entity bearing the arms, though there are exceptions, with occasional tinctures differing from these, or occasional examples in which the outside of the mantling is per pale of two colours.

or both the inside and outside are per pale, and even rarer examples of other divisions, and there is a perhaps unique example in which the lining of the mantling is per pale of the two metals or of the entire mantling being of a single tincture.

The mantling of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society is a unique example in which the mantling is of two furs ( ermines, lined ermine ).

The Coat of Arms of Canada is mantled white and red, or argent doubled gules ; furthermore, the current standard rendering of the Canadian arms has mantling in the shape of maple leaves.

There are rare examples where the mantling is blazoned to complement the armiger's coat of arms, mimicking the ordinaries and charges on the escutcheon.

The mantling is in Canada's national colours.

A helmet and mantling is depicted in correct heraldic form in the Warrant to conform to heraldic principles, but omission thereof for general usage is in line with the usage of the Commonwealth of Australia and of other Australian States ".

A heraldic banner, also called banner of arms, displays the basic coat of arms only: i. e. it contains the design usually displayed on the shield and omits the crest, helmet or coronet, mantling, supporters, motto or any other elements associated with the coat of arms ( for further details of these elements, see heraldry ).

The arms displayed with the mantling sans Crown became the arms of dominion for Bahrain.

There have been stylistic changes, the main one being the Coat of Arm's mantling, the shape of the escutcheon ( shield ), the removal of the motto scroll, and also others more subtle within the Arms itself such as the mane and fur of the lion, the number of lines in the open book, and the colouration.

The club's main colours ( blue and white ) are evident throughout the badge both in the mantling and in the shield, in the form of stripes.

The main changes were the addition of a helm and mantling between the shield and crest, a redrawing of the male figure and the replacement of the platform on which the supporters stood with a grassy compartment.

Originally, the crest was often " continued into the mantling ", but today the crest normally stands within a wreath of cloth, called a torse, in the principal tinctures of the shield ( the liveries ).

The coat of arms of Queensland is the oldest in Australia, and was first granted in by Queen Victoria in 1893 through the simplest form of heraldic grants ; with the shield of arms, motto, helmet, mantling and crest.

The background of the shield, the mantling ( drapery depicted tied to the helmet above the shield ) and the collars of the eagles are blue ( azure in heraldry ).

Nowadays the expression " Coat of Arms " is generally applied to what is officially called an " Achievement ", which consists of various parts: a shield, helmet, mantling, wreath, crest, motto and sometimes supporters and decorations.

Furs in Scandinavia are generally limited to ermine and vair, which sometimes appear in mantling, supporters, or the trimmings of crowns, but rarely on the shield.

Purpur ( purple ) is used in the lining of royal crowns and in the mantling of the greater national coat of arms, but is never used as a tincture on the shield.

The crest, placed on top of a helm and mantling, was an heraldic pun: a finch supporting a shield bearing a fleur de lis, for Finchley.

The illustration in the Royal Warrant apparently shows the Arms with helmet and mantling, but the Western Australian Government has been advised that " With the consent of the Garter Principal King of Arms, the Arms will be produced, for the use in Western Australia, in abbreviated form without the helmet and mantling.

File: Unionsvåpen Oscarshall. jpg | Union coat of arms without the hermine mantling, but with the two crowns indicating two separate kingdoms.

When the helm and crest are shown, they are usually accompanied by a mantling.

Perched on the pinnacle of a knight's stall is his helm, decorated with a mantling and topped by his crest.

Upon the death of a Knight, the banner, helm, mantling and crest ( or coronet or crown ) are taken down.

Perched on the pinnacle of a knight's stall was a helm, decorated with mantling and topped by his crest.

Perched on the pinnacle of a knight's stall is his helm, decorated with a mantling and topped by his crest.

Upon the death of a Knight, the banner, helm, mantling and crest are taken down.

Perched on the pinnacle of a knight's stall is his helm, decorated with mantling and topped by his crest.

Upon the death of a Knight, helm, mantling, crest ( or coronet or crown ) and sword are taken down.

Crest: atop a Sovereign's helm or a conch shell proper surrounded by five palm fronds vert on a wreath of the chief's colours, from which issues mantling azure lined argent ;

Along with the helm, peers use a mantling, one side of which is red and the other a representation of the heraldic fur ermine.

: On a tilting helm a Demi-Horse Sable unguled Or charged on the shoulder with an Actor ’ s Mask Or, a mantling Sable and Or issuant from the crest and being missing.

On the banknote itself, it is flanked to the left and right by a band or ribbon which reads " G | N G " and includes a helm with mantling.

In heraldry, a torse or wreath is a twisted roll of fabric laid about the top of the helm and the base of the crest, from which the mantling hangs.

The helm is full-faced of demasked gold with six bars and features gold mantling lined with ermine.

In the early days of the development of the crest, before the torse ( wreath ), crest coronets and chapeaux were developed, the crest often " continued into the mantling " if this was feasible ( the clothes worn by a demi-human figure, or the fur of the animal, for instance, allowing or encouraging this ).

Like the mantling, it must be of a metal and a colour ; usually the torse and the mantling are the same tinctures.

The colours of the torse wreath and mantling were red and white: the livery colours of both Essex County Council and the City of London Corporation, custodians of Epping Forest.