In the Middle Ages, knights-whose view of the battlefield was limited to what they could see through tiny slits in metal helms-recognized the need to be able to better identify friend from foe. Rather ...

The American Heraldry Society is pleased to announce the coat of arms of the School of Theology at the University of the South, of Sewanee, Tenn., is the recipient of this year’s Pierre de Chaignon la ...

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Before the name of your tailor, the make and model of your car, or the size of your superyacht mattered, and before logo-laden handbags or even old school ties, the status symbol for the seriously ...

Russia's newly affluent elite have discovered a new status symbol - a family coat of arms. Russian TV6 says that owning your own heraldic coat of arms is increasingly popular among the rich and the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones was the garter principal king of arms, the effective head of the British College of Arms, from 1995 until this ...