In English-speaking countries, this is done in what to the outsider may appear a secret language deriving from Anglo-Norman French. This code is called blazon and could be considered the recipe for a ...

Coats of arms, hereditary graphic signs identifying families of nobility, first appeared in Poland in the 13th century. The Polish use of these signs differed in some aspects from what was typical in ...

The current coat of arms also features hummingbirds ... a legal arrangement still in place for several Commonwealth countries, including Trinidad, local media reported. The prime minister said ...

He pointed out that the techniques used on the original coat of arms included hatching, pencil shading and highlighting but “no soft blending of the brush.” “Because they are two different mediums,” ...

The new coat of arms was understood as more representative of the realm ... The war ended with the Peace of Knäred in 1613, during which the countries agreed that both kings should have the right to ...