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The heraldic badge of Richard II, the white hart.

The White Hart

The heraldic badge of Richard II, the white hart.

Hastang bore Azure a chiefe gules and a lion with a forked tail over all.

Hastang

Hastang bore Azure a chiefe gules and a lion with a forked tail over all.

"Shield of John de Hastings, K.G., Earl of Pembroke, Quatering De Hastings and De Valence, and impaling France ancient and England quarterly."—Aveling, 1891

Shield of John de Hastings

"Shield of John de Hastings, K.G., Earl of Pembroke, Quatering De Hastings and De Valence, and impaling…

"Argent, a salmon proper haurient. HAURIENT. A fish, in a perpendicular direction, with its head upwards." -Hall, 1862

Haurient

"Argent, a salmon proper haurient. HAURIENT. A fish, in a perpendicular direction, with its head upwards."…

"Argent, a man's heart gules, ensigned with a celestial crown or. ENSIGNED. This word, in heraldic description, means ornamented." -Hall, 1862

Heart Ensigned

"Argent, a man's heart gules, ensigned with a celestial crown or. ENSIGNED. This word, in heraldic description,…

A crested helm from Cobham Church, kent.

Crested Helm

A crested helm from Cobham Church, kent.

"The closed helmet seen in profile is appropriated to esquires and gentlemen." -Hall, 1862

Closed Helmet Direct

"The closed helmet seen in profile is appropriated to esquires and gentlemen." -Hall, 1862

"The position of the helmet is a mark of distinction. The direct front view of the grated helmet belongs to sovereign princes and dukes." -Hall, 1862

Grated Helmet Direct

"The position of the helmet is a mark of distinction. The direct front view of the grated helmet belongs…

"The helmet without bars, with the beaver open, standing directly fronting the spectator, denotes a knight." -Hall, 1862

Open Helmet Direct

"The helmet without bars, with the beaver open, standing directly fronting the spectator, denotes a…

"The grated helmet in profile is common to all degrees of peerage under a duke." -Hall, 1862

Grated Helmet Profile

"The grated helmet in profile is common to all degrees of peerage under a duke." -Hall, 1862

"BEAVER. That part of the helmet that defends the sight." -Hall, 1862

Helmet with Beaver

"BEAVER. That part of the helmet that defends the sight." -Hall, 1862

An example of an ordinary heraldic helmet.

Heraldic Helmet

An example of an ordinary heraldic helmet.

A heraldic helmet with a rounded top.

Heraldic Helmet

A heraldic helmet with a rounded top.

A heraldic helmet made to project in the front.

Heraldic Helmet

A heraldic helmet made to project in the front.

The heraldic shield and crown of Henry III of England.

Crown and Shield of Henry III

The heraldic shield and crown of Henry III of England.

The heraldic shield of Henry V, Prince of Wales.

Shield of Henry V

The heraldic shield of Henry V, Prince of Wales.

Illustration of a heraldic badge decorated with a hart, running. The hart is a common symbol in heraldry.

Hart at Speed on Heraldic Badge

Illustration of a heraldic badge decorated with a hart, running. The hart is a common symbol in heraldry.

The Gothic Heraldic Eagle was designed by French Architect Viollet-le-Duc.

Gothic Heraldic Eagle

The Gothic Heraldic Eagle was designed by French Architect Viollet-le-Duc.

This Gothic Heraldic Eagle comes from an oil painting.

Gothic Heraldic Eagle

This Gothic Heraldic Eagle comes from an oil painting.

This Gothic Heraldic Eagle was designed by Albrecht Durer.

Gothic Heraldic Eagle

This Gothic Heraldic Eagle was designed by Albrecht Durer.

The Modern Heraldic Eagle is German.

Modern Heraldic Eagle

The Modern Heraldic Eagle is German.

The Renaissance Heraldic Eagle was designed by Albrecht Durer.

Renaissance Heraldic Eagle

The Renaissance Heraldic Eagle was designed by Albrecht Durer.

Renaissance Heraldic Eagle.

Renaissance Heraldic Eagle

Renaissance Heraldic Eagle.

This Renaissance Heraldic Eagle was designed by Wenderlin Dietterlin.

Renaissance Heraldic Eagle

This Renaissance Heraldic Eagle was designed by Wenderlin Dietterlin.

Romanesque Heraldic Eagle

Romanesque Heraldic Eagle

Romanesque Heraldic Eagle

Narrower horizontal stripe on shield

Heraldry, Bar

Narrower horizontal stripe on shield

Bend, slanted stripe on shield.

Heraldry, Bend

Bend, slanted stripe on shield.

Bendlet, slanted stripes on shield.

Heraldry, Bendlet

Bendlet, slanted stripes on shield.

Chevron on shield

Heraldry, Chevron

Chevron on shield

Chief

Heraldry, Chief

Chief

Cross design on shield

Heraldry, Cross

Cross design on shield

Bird with wings spread, displayed on a shield.

Heraldry, Displayed

Bird with wings spread, displayed on a shield.

Esquire's sidelong helmet, with visor shut.

Heraldry, Esquire

Esquire's sidelong helmet, with visor shut.

Fesse, broader horizontal stripe

Heraldry, Fesse

Fesse, broader horizontal stripe

King's full-faced helmet, with six bars.

Heraldry, King

King's full-faced helmet, with six bars.

Knight's full-faced helmet of steel. Open visor.

Heraldry, Knight

Knight's full-faced helmet of steel. Open visor.

Fish on a shield

Heraldry, Naiant

Fish on a shield

Five-barred noble's helmet.

Heraldry, Noble

Five-barred noble's helmet.

Pale, vertical stripe on shield

Heraldry, Pale

Pale, vertical stripe on shield

Paly, vertical stripes

Heraldry, Paly

Paly, vertical stripes

Two-tone shield, divided vertically.

Heraldry, Party per pale

Two-tone shield, divided vertically.

Points of the Shield

Heraldry, Points of the Shield

Points of the Shield

Shield with a rearing lion.

Heraldry, Rampant

Shield with a rearing lion.

Saltire (X) on shield

Heraldry, Saltire

Saltire (X) on shield

Trippant, depicts a male deer.

Heraldry, Trippant

Trippant, depicts a male deer.

Depicts a bird in flight.

Heraldry, Volant

Depicts a bird in flight.

Hervey bore Gules a bend silver with three trefoils vert thereon.

Hervey

Hervey bore Gules a bend silver with three trefoils vert thereon.

Hilton of Westmoreland bore Sable three rings gold and two saltires silver in the chiefe.

Hilton

Hilton of Westmoreland bore Sable three rings gold and two saltires silver in the chiefe.

Hilton bore Silver three chaplets or garlands or red roses.

Hilton

Hilton bore Silver three chaplets or garlands or red roses.

The heraldic seal of Thomas Holland, KG, first Duke of Surrey.

Seal of Thomas Holland

The heraldic seal of Thomas Holland, KG, first Duke of Surrey.

Hollis bore Black piles in the ermine shield

Hollis

Hollis bore Black piles in the ermine shield

An illustration of the coat of arms of the Holy See with a crosier, processional cross, and some decorative foliage in the background.The coat of arms includes the crossed Keys of Heaven underneath the papal tiara.

The Holy See Coat of Arms with Crosier, Processional Cross, and Decorative Foliage

An illustration of the coat of arms of the Holy See with a crosier, processional cross, and some decorative…

hondescote bore Ermine a border gules or Gules a scocheon ermine.

Hondescote

hondescote bore Ermine a border gules or Gules a scocheon ermine.

"HONOUR POINT. That part of the shield between the precise middle chief and the fess point. In the annexed example the large dot in the centre shows the fess point; the point within the letter D, the honour point." -Hall, 1862

Honour Point

"HONOUR POINT. That part of the shield between the precise middle chief and the fess point. In the annexed…

Howard bore Silver a bend between six crosslets fitchy gules

Howard

Howard bore Silver a bend between six crosslets fitchy gules

The heraldic shield of the British Howard family, after its augmentation.

Augmented Shield of Howard

The heraldic shield of the British Howard family, after its augmentation.

"Argent, a fess gules, impaled with argent, a bend azure. IMPALED. Two coats of arms, conjoined paleways, in one shield." -Hall, 1862

Impaled

"Argent, a fess gules, impaled with argent, a bend azure. IMPALED. Two coats of arms, conjoined paleways,…

"Azure, a moon increscent argent. INCRESCENT. The new moon, with her horns turned towards the dexter side of the shield." -Hall, 1862

Increscent

"Azure, a moon increscent argent. INCRESCENT. The new moon, with her horns turned towards the dexter…

"This Order was instituted by Her Majesty the Queen, in the year 1861, for bestowing honor upon the people of her Indian Empire. The Order consists of the Sovereign, a Grand Master, always to be Governor-General of India, and twenty-five Knights, with such Honorary Knights as the Crown may appoint. The Knights are to include both Naval, Military, and Civil officers, and natives of India."—Aveling, 1891

Insignia of the Order of the Star of India

"This Order was instituted by Her Majesty the Queen, in the year 1861, for bestowing honor upon the…

"Argent, a pale, gules, over all an inescutcheon or, a mullet sable. The inescutcheon is a small escutcheon borne within the shield." -Hall, 1862

Inescutcheon Ordinary

"Argent, a pale, gules, over all an inescutcheon or, a mullet sable. The inescutcheon is a small escutcheon…