Argent, in cross five escutcheons azure each charged with five plates
in saltire all within a bordure gules semy of castles Or.
Portugal (later period)
Azure, in fess three towers each ensigned with an ostrich plume argent
issuant from a mountain of three peaks vert
San Marino
Gules, a castle triple-towered Or.
Castile
Gules, a city argent.
Valencia, Kingdom of
Gules, a column argent crowned and its capital and base Or.
Colonna, House of
Or, a bull passant gules atop a terrace couped vert within a bordure
gules semy of flames Or.
Borgia, House of
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed
Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper. For augmentation,
on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous
battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper. For second augmentation
(posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or.
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned Or within a bordure sable bezanty.
Rrichard Earl of Cornwall
Argent, a lion rampant purpure [sometimes gules].
Leon
Azure, a bend argent cotised between six lions rampant Or.
Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Constable of England
Azure, a lion rampant queue-forchy barruly argent and gules crowned Or maintaining a sword proper
[Also the arms of Thuringia; the sword is sometimes omitted.]
Hesse
Azure billety and a lion rampant crowned Or maintaining a sword proper
and a sheaf of seven arrows inverted argent tipped Or.
Netherlands
Azure, six lions rampant Or
Longespee, William, Earl of Salisbury
Azure, three scarpes wavy argent and overall a lion rampant crowned Or.
[This is the House founded by Birger Jarl of Sweden.]
Folkunga, House of
Barry argent and azure, a lion rampant queue-forchy gules crowned Or.
Luxemburg
Barry of ten argent and azure, six escutcheons sable each charged with
a lion rampant argent.
Cecil, Baron of Burghley, counsellor to Elizabeth.
Gules, a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchy argent. For augmentation,
on the bend in chief an escutcheon Or charged with a demi-lion its mouth
pierced by an arrow within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules.
Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England
Gules, a lion passant gardant Or.
Aquitaine
Gules, a lion passant gardant Or.
Guyenne, Dukes of.
Gules, a lion rampant argent.
Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
Gules, a lion rampant crowned Or maintaining a sword proper and a sheaf
of seven arrows inverted argent tipped Or.
United Provinces (Low Countries c.1652)
Gules, a lion rampant crowned Or.
Bulgaria
Gules, a lion rampant queue-forchy argent crowned Or.
Bohemia
Gules, a lion rampant queue-forchy argent.
Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester
Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed Or.
Talbot, Earls of Shrewsbury
Gules, a lion rampant [sometimes crowned] Or sustaining a battleaxe
argent.
Norway
Gules, in pale three lions passant gardant Or.
England
Gules, in pale three lions passant gardant per pale Or and argent.
O'Brien
Gules, in pale two lions passant gardant Or.
Normandy
Gules, in pale two lions passant gardant Or.
Brunswick, Dukes of
Gules, on a cross ermine between four lions passant gardant Or a closed book gules.
Cambridge, University of
Gules semy of roses argent, a lion rampant crowned Or brandishing with one human arm armored a sword and in base a falchion fesswise reversed proper
Finland
Gules, two lions combattant Or.
Anjou-Plantagenet [first house of Anjou]
Or, a lion rampant azure. PERCY, Earl of Northumberland. Or, a lion rampant gules crowned azure.
[These are the original arms of the family.]
Hapsburg
Or, a lion rampant sable.
Flanders
Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules.
Scotland
Or, a lion rampant within an orle of escallops gules.
Bourbon, House of (ancient arms)
Or, four lions rampant those in bend sable those in bend sinister gules.
Hainault, Counts of
Or, in pale three lions passant sable.
[These (sometimes with the dexter forelegs of the lions gules) are also the arms of SWABIA and are sometimes given as those of the KING OF THE ROMANS.]
Hohenstaufen
Or, in pale two lions passant azure
Schleswig
Or semy of hearts gules, a lion rampant azure.
Luxeneburg, Dukes of
Or semy of hearts gules, in pale three lions passant [sometimes gardant]
azure crowned Or.
Denmark
Per pale Or and vert, a lion rampant gules.
[Assumed by later Marshals
of England as well.]
Marshall, William the, Regent of England
Quarterly Or and gules, four lions passant gardant counterchanged.
[Borne by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of GWYNEDD, but still sometimes
used as the arms of the Principality of Wales.]
Wales
Sable, a lion rampant argent.
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of England
Sable, a lion rampant Or crowned gules.
Palatinate of the Rhine
Sable, a lion rampant Or. [In modern times the arms of Belgium.]
Brabant
Sable, on a cross engrailed argent a lion passant gules between four
leopard's faces azure and on a chief Or a rose between two Cornish choughs
proper
Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas, Chancellor of England
Sable, three lilies argent and on a chief per pale azure and gules
a fleur-de-lis and a lion passant gardant Or
Eton College
Gules, a knight armed cappie mounted on a white horse brandishing a sword proper and maintaining
an oval shield azure charged with a patriarchal cross Or.
Lithuania
Argent, a double-headed eagle sable and overall a bendlet gules
Du Guesclin, Bertrand
Argent, on an escutcheon azure a bend argent between six fleurs-de-lis
Or.
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Flag)
Azure, a bend argent between six fleurs-de-lis Or
Bosnia
Azure, a bend argent cotised between six lions rampant Or
Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Constable of England
Azure, a bend argent doubly cotised the interiors of the cotises potent
counter-potent Or
Champagne, Counts of
Azure, a bend between six martlets argent.
[From the well-known Psalter.]
Luttrell, Geoffrey
Azure, a bend Or
Scrope
Azure, three bendlets and overall an eagle displayed Or
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Barry sable and Or, a crancelin vert.
[A crancelin is a bend engrailed on the upper edge the points trefly; it is usually enarched.]
Saxony. France (ancient or modern) and overall a bendlet gules. Bourbon, Duke of
Gules, a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchy argent. For augmentation,
on the bend in chief an escutcheon Or charged with a demi-lion its mouth
pierced by an arrow within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules
Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England
Gules, on a bend azure three crescents argent
Le Viste, Patron of the Unicorn Tapestries
Or, a bend gules
Baden
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper
For augmentation, on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous
battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper
For second augmentation (posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or.
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Or, on a bend gules three alerions displayed argent.
[The alerions are eagles without beaks or feet. Originally the charges were eagles.]
Lorraine
Or, on a bend sable a tilting spear Or steeled proper
Shakespeare, William
Per bend azure and gules, a bend argent surmounted by a vase Or
Vasa
Per pale argent and gules, a bend counterchanged
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Quarterly argent and gules fretty Or, a bendlet sable
Despenser, Earl of Winchester
Argent, a double-headed eagle displayed gules.
Milton, John
Argent, a double-headed eagle sable and overall a bendlet gules.
Du Guesclin, Bertrand
Argent, an eagle displayed gules crowned Or
Brandenberg
Argent, an eagle displayed sable crowned Or
Prussia
Argent, on a cross sable a cross potent [later floretty] Or and overall
on an inescutcheon Or an eagle displayed sable.
Teutonic Order, Arms of the Hochmiester
Azure, a dragon rampant wings displayed and on a chief Or an eagle
displayed sable crowned Or.
Borghses, House of
Azure, an eagle displayed argent crowned Or.
Este, House of (and Medena)
Azure, an eagle displayed checky argent [sometimes Or] and gules crowned Or
Moravia, Markgraf of
Azure, an eagle displayed contourny grasping in both claws a thunderbolt Or
Napolion I
Azure, five eagles displayed 2, 2, and 1 O
Austria (ancient, or Lower Austria)
Azure, three bendlets and overall an eagle displayed Or
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Barry Or and sable
[Later these were changed to Argent, a cross formy throughout gules between four eagles displayed sable.]
Gonzaga (and Mantua)
Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed sable and in chief a mullet voided Or.
[The mullet was removed in 1992.]
Albania, People's Republic of (Flag)
Gules, a double-headed eagle Or.
Constantinople, Emperor of
Gules, an eagle displayed argent crowned Or.
Poland
Or, a double-headed eagle displayed sable
[sometimes crowned, sometimes also nimbed Or]
[Originally the eagle had one head.]
Holy Roman Empire
Or, a double-headed eagle sable displayed armed crowned and maintaining
an orb and sceptre Or.
Russia (Flag)
Or, an eagle displayed sable.
Germany
Or, on a bend gules three alerions displayed argent.
[The alerions are eagles without beaks or feet. Originally the charges were eagles.]
Lorraine
Per fess gules and sable, on a fess argent an eagle displayed contourny Or.
[The eagle is highly stylized, and some of the argent shows through.
Its tail is surmounted by a pair of laurel sprigs in chevron inverted,
and it holds in both claws a white scroll bearing Arabic writing in gold.]
Egypt (Flag)
Per pale azure and gules, on a pale Or an eagle displayed brun tre[?].
[One correspondent gives this as Per pale azure and gules, on a pale Or
an eagle displayed voided sable charged on its chest with an escutcheon
per fess gules and azure, several blobs Or.]
Moldova (Flag)
Per saltire Or four palets gules and argent an eagle displayed sable.
[Argent, an eagle displayed sable was borne by Manfred, King of Sicily.]
Sicily
A swan rousant wings addorsed argent ducally gorged and chained Or.
[Also the badge of Henry V of England, but he got it from the Bohuns.]
Bohun, Earl of Hereford
Argent, three roosters sable beaked and armed gules.
Marco Polo
Azure, a bend between six martlets argent.
[From the well-known Psalter.]
Lutterll, Geoffrey
Azure, a cross flory between five doves Or.
Edward the confessor (attributed)
Barruly argent and azure, an orle of martlets gules.
Valence, Earl of Pembroke
Sable, on a cross engrailed argent a lion passant gules between four
leopard's faces azure and on a chief Or a rose between two Cornish choughs
proper.
Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas, Chancellor of England
Azure, an open book argent charged with Hebrew letters sable.
Yale University
Azure, on an open book argent between three crowns Or the words DOMINUS
ILLUMINATIO MEO sable
Oxford, University of
Badge [his Shield for Peace]. Sable, three ostrich feathers argent
[sometimes Or] each with its quill transfixing a scroll argent bearing
the words ICH DIEN sable.
Edward the Black Prince
Gules, on a cross ermine between four lions passant gardant Or a closed
book gules
Cambridge, University of
Gules, three open books argent charged with the word VERITAS sable.
Harvard, University of
Three ostrich feathers in pile argent enfiling a crown Or the quills
surmounting [sometimes piercing, sometimes surmounted by] a scroll argent
bearing the words ICH DIEN sable.
England, Heir Apparent of [not to be confused with the Prince of Wales]
Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned Or within a bordure sable bezanty.
Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Argent, in cross five escutcheons azure each charged with five plates
in saltire all within a bordure gules semy of castles Or.
Portugal (later period)
Azure, in pale two stags trippant Or within a bordure gules semy of
saltorels Or
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Azure semy-de-lis Or, a bordure gules
Burgundy (modern)
Bendy Or and azure, a bordure gules
Burgundy (ancient)
France Ancient within a bordure engrailed gules
Berry, Dukes of
Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed Or
Talbot, Earls of Shrewsbury
Or, a bull passant gules atop a terrace couped vert within a bordure
gules semy of flames Or.
Borgia, House of
Azure, a representation of the Southern Cross argent and a canton of
the Union Jack and in dexter base a mullet of seven points argent
Australia (Flag)
Azure, in cross four mullets gules fimbriated argent and a canton of
the Union Jack
New Zealand (Flag)
Barry of nine azure and argent, on a canton azure a cross argent.
Greece (Flag)
Barry of thirteen gules and argent, a canton azure mullety argent.
United States of America (Flag)
Murrey, a canton (or perhaps a quarter) per fess sable and argent.
Georgia (Flag)
Argent, a chief sable
Templars, Order of the Knights (Flag)
Argent, a heart gules and on a chief azure three mullets argent. For augmentation, the heart crowned proper.
[The original arms were simply Argent, on a chief azure three mullets argent, but the later form, with the heart, is better known.]
Douglas
Argent, six palets gules and a chief azure.
United States
Azure, a dragon rampant wings displayed and on a chief Or an eagle displayed sable crowned Or.
Borghese, House of
Barry Or and azure, on a chief azure two palets between two gyrons Or and overall an escutcheon argent.
Mortimer, Earl of March
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper.
For augmentation, on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper.
For second augmentation (posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or.
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Or, a saltire and a chief gules.
Bruce, former royal house of Scotland
Or, on a chief sable three escallops Or.
Graham, Duke of Montrose
Per pale argent and gules, on a chief azure a mullet argent.
Texas, Republic of (Flag)
Sable, on a cross engrailed argent a lion passant gules between four leopard's faces azure and on a chief Or a rose between two Cornish choughs proper.
Wolsey, Cardinal thomas, Chancellor of England
Sable, three lilies argent and on a chief per pale azure and gules a fleur-de-lis and a lion passant gardant Or.
Eton College
A garter buckled in annulo azure garnished and charged with the words HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE Or.
Garter, Order of the
Azure, an episcopal staff Or and overall on a pallium argent fringed Or four crosses formy fitchy sable.
Canterbury, Archbishopric of
Gules, a chevron between three tilting helms argent
Tudor, Owen
Gules, a triskelion of armored legs argent.
Man, Lord of the Isle of
Gules, in saltire two keys argent and Or handles bound with a cord gules wards enwrapped by the infibulae of a Papal tiara in chief argent garnished Or.
[these are also the arms of the Papacy.]
Vatican
Or, a maunch gules.
Hastings
Per pale Or and argent, in sinister two keys in saltire argent and Or handles bound with a cord gules wards enwrapped by the infibulae of a Papal tiara in chief argent garnished Or.
Vatican (Flag)
An estoile between the horns of a crescent
Richard I of England
Argent, a decrescent gules
Red Crescent (Flag)
Gules, between the horns of a decrescent a mullet argent
Turkey (Flag)
Gules, on a bend azure three crescents argent.
Le Viste, Patron of the Unicorn Tapestries
Gules, on a plate within the horns of a decrescent a mullet gules.
Tunisia (Flag)
Per fess azure and vert, on a fess gules a mullet of eight points between the horns of a decrescent argent.
Iazerbaijan (Flag)
Per fess bleu-celeste and vert, a fess argent fimbriated gules, in chief 12 mullets 3, 4, and 5, and in dexter chief a decrescent argent.
Iuzbekistan (Flag)
Per fess vert and argent, a mullet between the horns of a decrescent gules
Algeria (Flag)
A Latin cross formy gules.
Templars, Order of the Knights
A Latin cross formy sable fimbriated argent.
Teutonic Order
A Maltese cross argent.
Malta, Order of the Knights of
Argent, a cross between four nails points to centre azure.
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Argent, a cross bleu-celeste
Finland (Flag)
Argent, a cross couped gules
Red Cross (Flag)
Argent, a cross gules between four Moor's heads couped sable.
Sardinia
Argent, a cross gules
England (Flag) [the cross of St. George]
Argent, a cross potent between four crosses couped Or [or Argent, a cross of Jerusalem Or]
Jerusalen
Argent, a cross sable
Teutonic Order
Argent, on a cross sable a cross potent [later floretty] Or and overall on an inescutcheon Or an eagle displayed sable.
Teutonic Order, Arms of the Hochmeister
Azure, a cross flory between five doves Or.
Edward the Confessor (attributed)
Azure, a cross Or
Sweden (Flag)
Azure, a cross [sometimes couped] argent
Greece
Azure, a crux stellata argent
Eureka Flag (Flag)
Azure, a rose argent seeded of a heart gules charged with a Latin cross sable all within an annulet Or.
Martin Luther
Azure crusily fitchy and two barbels haurient addorsed Or
Bar, Counts of
Azure crusily [sometimes fitchy] and a covered chalice Or.
[Sometimes there are only six crosslets.]
Galicia, Kingdom of
Azure, on a cross argent another gules.
[This could also be blazoned Azure, a cross gules fimbriated argent.]
Iceland (Flag)
Azure, on a saltire argent another gyronny argent and gules and overall on a cross argent another gules.
[A simpler but slightly inaccurate blazon is Azure, on a saltire argent another gules and overall on a cross argent another gules.]
United Kingdom (Flag [the Union Jack])
Barry of nine azure and argent, on a canton azure a cross argent.
Greece (Flag)
Barry Or and sable.
[Later these were changed to Argent, a cross formy throughout gules between four eagles displayed sable.]
Gonzaga (and Mantua)
Gules, a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchy argent.
For augmentation, on the bend in chief an escutcheon Or charged with a demi-lion its mouth
pierced by an arrow within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules.
Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England
Gules, a cross argent
Denmark (Flag) [the Dannebrog]
Gules, a cross argent. ITALY. Gules, a cross argent.
Malta, Order of the Knights of
Gules, a cross argent
Savoy
Gules, a cross between four furisons argent
Serbia
Gules, a cross between four furisons Or
Palaiologos (and Byzantine Empire)
Gules, a cross couped argent
Switzerland
Gules, a cross of Lorraine argent issuant from a trimount vert
Hungary (modern)
Gules, a cross of Toulouse Or
Toulouse, Counts of
Gules, a fess between six crosses crosslet Or
Beauchamp
Gules, a knight armed cap- -pie mounted on a white horse brandishing a sword proper and maintaining an oval shield azure charged with a patriarchal cross Or.
Lithuania
Gules, a Maltese cross argent.
Malta, Order of the Knights of (Flag).
Gules crusily couped, a cross between crosses couped each within an
annulet Or.
[This has a number of variants, including Gules, a cross between four bezants each between four crosses couped Or and charged with another throughout gules.]
Constantinople, Latin Empire of
Gules, in bend a cross couped and the letters S P Q R Or.
Rome, City of
Gules, on a cross argent another azure.
[This could also be blazoned
Gules, a cross azure fimbriated argent.]
Norway (Flag)
Gules, on a cross ermine between four lions passant gardant Or a closed book gules
Cambridge, University of
Gules, on a plate a cross gammadion saltirewise sable
Germany (1935-45) (Flag)
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper.
For augmentation, on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper.
For second augmentation (posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or.
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Per fess argent and gules, a fess azure overall on an inescutcheon gules a patriarchal cross argent issuant from a trimount azure
Slovakai (Flag)
Per fess [sometimes misblazoned per chief] sable and argent, a cross gules.
[Sometimes blazoned Argent, a chief sable and overall a cross gules.]
Templars, Order of the Knights
Per pale argent and gules. For augmentation, in canton the George Cross proper.
Malta (Flag)
Sable, a cross argent.
Cornwall (Flag)
Sable, on a cross engrailed argent a lion passant gules between four leopard's faces azure and on a chief Or a rose between two Cornish choughs proper.
Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas, Chancellor of England
Vert, a cross argent and in canton the Virgin holding the Child Or.
King Arthur (attributed)
Azure, a royal crown Or the cap gules.
Toleda, Kingdom of
Azure, a sword proper enfiling in chief a coronet between in fess two fleurs-de-lis Or.
Joan of Arc
Azure, on an open book argent between three crowns Or the words DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEO sable.
Oxford, University OF
Azure semy of crowns Or.
King Arthur (attributed)
Azure, three crowns Or
King Arthur (attributed)
Azure, three crowns Or
Sweden
Gules, in pale three crowns Or
King Arthur (attributed)
Gules, the crown of Charlemagne proper
Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire
Gules, two keys in saltire argent and in chief a crown Or.
York, Archbishopric OF
Per fess azure and gules, in canton a crown Or
Liechtenstein (Flag)
Three ostrich feathers in pile argent enfiling a crown Or the quills surmounting [sometimes piercing, sometimes surmounted by] a scroll argent bearing the words ICH DIEN sable.
England, Heir Apparent OF [not to be confused with the Prince of Wales]
Argent, in cross five escutcheons azure each charged with five plates in saltire all within a bordure gules semy of castles Or
Portugal (later period)
Argent, in cross five escutcheons azure platy.
[The orientation of the escutcheons to dexter and to sinister varied.]
Portugal (original)
Argent, on a cross sable a cross potent [later floretty] Or and overall on an inescutcheon Or an eagle displayed sable.
Teutonic Order, Arms of the Hochmeister
Argent, on an escutcheon azure a bend argent between six fleurs-de-lis Or
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Flag)
Argent, three escutcheons gules
Hay, Earl of Errol, High Constable of Scotland
Barry of ten argent and azure, six escutcheons sable each charged with a lion rampant argent.
Cecil, Baron of Burghley, counsellor to Elizabeth
Barry Or and azure, on a chief azure two palets between two gyrons Or and overall an escutcheon argent
Mortimer, Earl of March
Gules, a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchy argent.
For augmentation, on the bend in chief an escutcheon Or charged with a demi-lion its mouth
pierced by an arrow within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules.
Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England
Gules, a tierce vert and overall on an armillary sphere Or an inescutcheon of the arms of Portugal
Portugal (Flag)
Gules, an escutcheon argent and overall an escarbuncle Or.
Cleves, Dukes of
Gules, an escutcheon voided argent.
[Sometimes blazoned Gules, an orle argent.]
Balliol, John, King of Scotland
Per fess argent and gules, a fess and in dexter chief on an escutcheon azure in chief three mullets Or and on a trimount argent two bars wavy azure.
The escutcheon is fimbriated gules.]
Slovenia (Flag)
Per fess argent and gules, a fess azure overall on an inescutcheon gules a patriarchal cross argent issuant from a trimount azure.
Slovakia (Flag)
Per fess gules and azure, a fess argent overall an inescutcheon checky gules and argent.
Croatia (Flag)
Azure, in fess three towers each ensigned with an ostrich plume argent issuant from a mountain of three peaks vert.
San Marino. Badge [his Shield for Peace]
Sable, three ostrich feathers argent [sometimes Or] each with its quill transfixing a scroll argent bearing the words ICH DIEN sable.
Edward the Black Prince
Three ostrich feathers in pile argent enfiling a crown Or the quills surmounting [sometimes piercing, sometimes surmounted by] a scroll argent bearing the words ICH DIEN sable.
England, Heir Apparent OF [not to be confused with the Prince of Wales]
Argent, a Mogen David between two bars azure.
Israel (Flag)
Argent, two bars and in chief three mullets gules.
[Now used by the District of Columbia.]
Washington, George
Azure, a fasces Or bound and the axe argent overall on a fess gules three mullets Or
Mazarin, Jules Cardinal
Azure, a fess between three leopard's faces Or
Pole, de la, Earl of Suffolk. Flag
Argent, a fess gules
Belarus (Flag)
Gules, a fess argent
Austria
Gules, a fess between six crosses crosslet Or
Beauchamp
Gules, a fess Or between three frogs vert
Satan (attributed)
Gules, a fess Or. SPAIN (Flag). Gules, on a fess argent a cedar proper.
Lebanon (Flag)
Gules, three bars Or
Cameron of Lochiel
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper.
For augmentation, on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous
battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper.
For second augmentation (posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or.
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Or, a fess checky argent and azure. For augmentation, the fess within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules
Stewart, royal house of Scotland
Or, three bars wavy gules
Drummond, Earl of Perth
Or, two bars gules
Oldenburg, Dukes of
Per fess argent and gules, a fess and in dexter chief on an escutcheon azure in chief three mullets
Or and on a trimount argent two bars wavy azure.
[The escutcheon is fimbriated gules.]
Slovenia (Flag)
Per fess argent and gules, a fess azure overall on an inescutcheon gules a patriarchal cross argent issuant from a trimount azure
Slovakia (Flag)
Per fess argent and gules, a fess azure
Russian Federation (Flag)
Per fess argent and gules, a fess vert
Bulgaria (Flag).
Per fess azure and argent, a fess sable
[One correspondent gives the tincture of the fess as vert, but sable seems to be correct.]
Estonia (Flag)
Per fess azure and gules, a fess argent
Yugoslavia (Flag)
Per fess azure and vert, on a fess gules a mullet of eight points between the horns of a decrescent argent
Iazerbaijan (Flag)
Per fess bleu-celeste and vert, a fess argent fimbriated gules, in chief 12 mullets 3, 4, and 5, and in dexter chief a decrescent argent.
Iuzbeckistan (Flag)
Per fess gules and azure, a fess argent overall an inescutcheon checky gules and argent
Croatia (Flag)
Per fess gules and azure, a fess argent.
Luxemburg (Flag)
Per fess gules and azure, a fess argent
Netherlands (Flag)
Per fess gules and Or, a fess azure (or perhaps bleu-celeste)
Armenia (Flag)
Per fess gules and sable, on a fess argent an eagle displayed contourny
Or.
[The eagle is highly stylized, and some of the argent shows through. Its tail is surmounted by a pair of laurel sprigs in chevron inverted, and it holds in both claws a white scroll bearing Arabic writing in gold.]
Egypt (Flag)
Per fess gules and sable, on a fess argent two mullets vert
Syria (Flag)
Per fess gules and vert, a fess argent
Hungary, Republic of (Flag)
Per fess Or and gules, a fess vert
Lithuania (Flag)
Per fess sable and Or, a fess gules
Germany (Flag)
Per pale Or and sable, a fess argent
Dante Alighieri [earlier coat]
Purpure (or Gules), a fess argent.
[The field is not a good heraldic tincture, but rather somewhere between these two, perhaps akin to murrey.]
Latvia (Flag)
Sable, a fess wavy between two estoiles argent
Drake, Sir Francis
Gules, a knight armed cap- -pie mounted on a white horse brandishing a sword proper and maintaining an oval shield azure charged with a patriarchal cross Or
Lithuania
Vert, a cross argent and in canton the Virgin holding the Child Or.
King Arthur (attributed)
Argent, on an escutcheon azure a bend argent between six fleurs-de-lis Or
Bosnia & Herzegonvina(Flag)
Azure, a bend argent between six fleurs-de-lis Or
Bosnia
Azure, a sword proper enfiling in chief a coronet between in fess two fleurs-de-lis Or
Joan of arc
Azure semy-de-lis Or, a bordure gules
Burgundy (modern)
Azure semy-de-lis Or
France (ancient)
Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or within a bordure argent semy of torteaux
Alenon, Dukes of
Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or
France (modern)
France (ancient or modern) and overall a bendlet gules
Bourbon, Duke of
France Ancient within a bordure engrailed gules
Berry, Dukes of
Or, in annulo six torteaux. For augmentation, the torteau in chief replaced by a roundel azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or
Medici, Grand Dukes of Tuscany
Or, six fleurs-de-lis azure
Farmese (and Parma)
Sable, three lilies argent and on a chief per pale azure and gules a fleur-de-lis and a lion passant gardant Or
Eton College
A rose en soleil.
[He used both the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster as the occasion demanded. The tinctureless form is from his Great Seal. [Protect this only with the rose gules or argent.]
Edward IV of England
A rose gules
Lancaster, House of
A Tudor rose
[i.e., a red and a white rose, one impaling, surmounting, quartering, or otherwise combined with the other]
Tudor, House of
A Tudor rose
[When used as a Royal badge, the rose is crowned proper.]
England
Azure, a rose argent seeded of a heart gules charged with a Latin cross sable all within an annulet Or
Martin Luther
Gules semy of roses argent, a lion rampant crowned Or brandishing with one human arm armored a sword and in base a falchion fesswise reversed proper
Finland
Sable, on a cross engrailed argent a lion passant gules between four leopard's faces azure and on a chief Or a rose between two Cornish choughs proper
Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas, Chancellor of England
A thistle proper
[When used as a Royal badge, the thistle is crowned proper.]
Scotland
Dark, a sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum light.
[Used in the specific form Gules, a chrysanthemum of sixteen petals Or when His Imperial Majesty
Hirohito was installed as a knight of the Garter.]
Emperor of Japan
Sable, three lilies argent and on a chief per pale azure and gules a fleur-de-lis and a lion passant gardant Or
Eton College
Azure, a fess between three leopard's faces Or
Pole, de la, Earl of Suffolk
Azure, three boar's heads couped close Or
Gordon of Huntley
Or, an ox's head cabossed sable crowned Or
Mecklenburg, Dukes of
Sable, on a cross engrailed argent a lion passant gules between four leopard's faces azure and on a chief Or a rose between two Cornish choughs proper
Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas, Chancellor of England
Argent, a heart gules and on a chief azure three mullets argent.
For augmentation, the heart crowned proper.
[The original arms were simply Argent, on a chief azure three mullets argent, but the later form, with
the heart, is better known.]
Douglas
Azure, a rose argent seeded of a heart gules charged with a Latin cross sable all within an annulet Or
Martin Luther
Or semy of hearts gules, a lion rampant azure
L Neburg, Dukes of
Or semy of hearts gules, in pale three lions passant [sometimes gardant] azure crowned Or Denmark
Azure, in fess three towers each ensigned with an ostrich plume argent issuant from a mountain of three peaks vert
San Marino
Gules, a cross of Lorraine argent issuant from a trimount vert
Hungary (modern)
Per fess argent and gules, a fess and in dexter chief on an escutcheon azure in chief three mullets Or and on a trimount argent two bars wavy azure
[The escutcheon is fimbriated gules.]
Slovenia (Flag)
Per fess argent and gules, a fess azure overall on an inescutcheon gules a patriarchal cross argent issuant from a trimount azure
Slovakia (Flag)
An estoile between the horns of a crescent
Richard I of England
Argent, a heart gules and on a chief azure three mullets argent.
For augmentation, the heart crowned proper.
[The original arms were simply Argent, on a chief azure three mullets argent, but the later form, with
the heart, is better known.]
Douglas
Argent, a Mogen David between two bars azure
Israel (Flag)
Argent, two bars and in chief three mullets gules
[Now used by the District of Columbia.]
Washington, George
Azure, a fasces Or bound and the axe argent overall on a fess gules three mullets Or
Mazarin, Jules Cardinal
Azure, a representation of the Southern Cross argent and a canton of the Union Jack and in dexter base a mullet of seven points argent.
Australia (Flag)
Azure, in cross four mullets gules fimbriated argent and a canton of the Union Jack
New Zealand (Flag)
Barry of thirteen gules and argent, a canton azure mullety argent.
United States of America (Flag)
Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed sable and in chief a mullet voided Or.
[The mullet was removed in 1992.]
Albania, People's Republic of (Flag)
Gules, a mullet voided and interlaced vert
Morocco (Flag)
Gules, a saltire azure fimbriated and mullety argent
Confederate States of America (Flag)
Gules, between the horns of a decrescent a mullet argent
Turkey (Flag)
Gules, in canton a hammer and sickle in saltire and to chief a mullet voided Or
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Flag)
Gules, on a plate within the horns of a decrescent a mullet gules
Tunisia (Flag)
Per fess argent and gules, a fess and in dexter chief on an escutcheon azure in chief three mullets Or and on a trimount argent two bars wavy azure.
[The escutcheon is fimbriated gules.]
Slovenia (Flag)
Per fess azure and vert, on a fess gules a mullet of eight points between
the horns of a decrescent argent.
Iazerbaijan (Flag)
Per fess bleu-celeste and vert, a fess argent fimbriated gules, in chief 12 mullets 3, 4, and 5, and in dexter chief a decrescent argent.
Iuzbekistan (Flag)
Per fess gules and sable, on a fess argent two mullets vert
Syria (Flag)
Per fess vert and argent, a mullet between the horns of a decrescent gules
Algeria (Flag)
Per pale argent and gules, on a chief azure a mullet argent
Texas, Republic of (Flag)
Quarterly gules and Or, in canton a mullet argent
Vere, Earl of Oxford
Sable, a fess wavy between two estoiles argent
Drake, Sir Francis
Gules, a pall within and conjoined to an orle the intersections surmounted by four roundels 2, 1, and 1 Or
[I've omitted the Latin script on the orle, roundels, and pall. The outer roundels are labelled PATER, FILIUS, and SPIRITUS SANCTUS, sometimes with the latter two transposed; the centremost roundel is labelled DEUS; each line connecting two of the outer roundels bears the words NON EST, and those connecting the central roundel to the outer ones bear the word EST.]
God (attributed)
Gules, an escarbuncle of chain within and conjoined to an orle of chain Or
Navarre
Gules, an escutcheon voided argent
[Sometimes blazoned Gules, an orle argent.]
Balliol, John, King of Scotland
Or, a fess checky argent and azure.
For augmentation, the fess within a double tressure flory counter-flory gule
Stewart, royal house of Scotland
Or, a lion rampant sable.
For augmentation, a double tressure flory counter-flory sable
Buchanan of that Ilk
Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules.
Scotland
Argent, a pale sable
Erskine, Earl of Mar and Kelly
Argent, six palets gules and a chief azure
United States
Barry Or and azure, on a chief azure two palets between two gyrons Or and overall an escutcheon argent
Mortimer, Earl of March
Gules, a pall within and conjoined to an orle the intersections surmounted by four roundels 2, 1, and 1 Or
[I've omitted the Latin script on the orle, roundels, and pall. The outer roundels are labelled PATER, FILIUS, and SPIRITUS SANCTUS, sometimes with the latter two transposed; the centremost roundel is labelled DEUS; each line connecting two of the outer roundels bears the words NON EST, and those connecting the central roundel to the outer ones bear the word EST.]
God (attributed)
Gules, on a pale argent a maple leaf gules
Canada (Flag)
Or, four palets gules
Aragon
Per pale azure and gules, a pale argent
France, Republic of (Flag)
Per pale azure and gules, a pale Or
Andorra (Flag)
Per pale azure and gules, a pale Or
Rumania (Flag)
Per pale azure and gules, on a pale Or an eagle displayed brun tre[?]
[One correspondent gives this as Per pale azure and gules, on a pale Or
an eagle displayed voided sable charged on its chest with an escutcheon
per fess gules and azure, several blobs Or.]
Moldova (Flag)
Per pale sable and gules, a pale Or
Belgium (Flag)
Per pale vert and gules, a pale argent
Italy (Flag)
Per pale vert and tenn , a pale argent
Ireland, Republic of (Flag)
Per saltire Or four palets gules and argent an eagle displayed sable.
[Argent, an eagle displayed sable was borne by Manfred, King of Sicily.]
Sicily
Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned Or within a bordure sable bezanty.
Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Argent, a torteau
Japan (Flag)
Argent, in cross five escutcheons azure each charged with five plates in saltire all within a bordure gules semy of castles Or
Portugal (later period)
Argent, in cross five escutcheons azure platy
[The orientation of the escutcheons to dexter and to sinister varied.]
Portugal (original)
Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or within a bordure argent semy of torteaux
Alenon, Dukes of
Gules crusily couped, a cross between crosses couped each within an annulet Or
[This has a number of variants, including Gules, a cross between four bezants each between four crosses couped Or and charged with another throughout gules.]
Constantinople, Latin Empire of
Gules, on a plate a cross gammadion saltirewise sable
Germany (1935-45) (Flag)
Gules, on a plate within the horns of a decrescent a mullet gules
Tunisia (Flag)
Or, in annulo six torteaux. For augmentation, the torteau in chief replaced by a roundel azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or
Medici, Grand Dukes of Tuscany
Argent, a cross between four nails points to centre azure
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Azure, a fasces Or bound and the axe argent overall on a fess gules three mullets Or
Mazarin, Jules Cardinal
Azure, a sceptre [sometimes two sceptres in saltire] Or
Arch-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Empire
Azure, an episcopal staff Or and overall on a pallium argent fringed
Or four crosses formy fitchy sable
Canterbury, Archbishopric of
Gules, a cross between four furisons argent
Serbia
Gules, a cross between four furisons Or
Palaiologos (and Byzantine Empire)
Gules, a tierce vert and overall on an armillary sphere Or an inescutcheon of the arms of Portugal
Portugal (Flag)
Gules, an orb Or
Arch-Steward Of The Holy Roman Empire
Gules, in canton a hammer and sickle in saltire and to chief a mullet voided Or
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Flag)
Gules, in saltire two keys argent and Or handles bound with a cord gules wards enwrapped by the infibulae of a Papal tiara in chief argent garnished Or
[These are also the arms of the Papacy.]
Vatican
Gules, two keys in saltire argent and in chief a crown Or
York, Archbishopric of
Or, a gonfanon gules
Auvergne, Counts of
Per pale Or and argent, in sinister two keys in saltire argent and Or handles bound with a cord
gules wards enwrapped by the infibulae of a Papal tiara in chief argent garnished Or
Vatican (Flag)
A bear statant erect argent muzzled and chained gules supporting a ragged staff argent
Warwick
Argent, a tree eradicated vert
O'Connor (Don)
Azure, an oak tree eradicated its four branches knotted in saltire Or
[Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the Sistine Chapel is named, was of this family.]
Della Rovere, Dukes of Urbino
Gules, on a bend sinister argent a cedar tree palewise proper
Lebanon
Gules, on a fess argent a cedar proper
Lebanon (Flag)
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper.
For augmentation, on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous
battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper.
For second augmentation (posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Azure, a fasces Or bound and the axe argent overall on a fess gules three mullets Or
Mazarin, Jules Cardinal
Azure, a sword proper enfiling in chief a coronet between in fess two fleurs-de-lis Or
Joan of Arc
Gules, a lion rampant [sometimes crowned] Or sustaining a battleaxe argent
Norway
Gules semy of roses argent, a lion rampant crowned Or brandishing with one human arm armored a sword and in base a falchion fesswise reversed proper
Finland
Gules, two battle-axes addorsed argent hafted proper
Wolfram Von Eschenback
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed
Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper.
For augmentation, on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous
battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper.
For second augmentation (posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Or, a pheon azure
Sydney
Or, on a bend sable a tilting spear Or steeled proper
Shakespeare, William
Per fess sable and argent, two swords in saltire gules
Reichsmarschal of the Holy Roman Empire
A garter buckled in annulo azure garnished and charged with the words
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE Or
Garter, Order of the
Azure, an open book argent charged with Hebrew letters sable
Yale University
Azure, on an open book argent between three crowns Or the words DOMINUS
ILLUMINATIO MEO sable
Oxford, University of
Badge [his Shield for Peace]. Sable, three ostrich feathers argent [sometimes Or] each with its quill transfixing a scroll argent bearing the words ICH DIEN sable
Edward the Black Prince
Gules, a pall within and conjoined to an orle the intersections surmounted by four roundels 2, 1, and 1 Or.
[I've omitted the Latin script on the orle, roundels, and pall. The outer roundels are labelled PATER, FILIUS, and SPIRITUS SANCTUS, sometimes with the latter two transposed; the centremost roundel is labelled DEUS; each line connecting two of the outer roundels bears the words NON EST, and those connecting the central roundel to the outer ones bear the word EST.]
God (attributed)
Gules, in bend a cross couped and the letters S P Q R Or
Rome, City of
Gules, three open books argent charged with the word VERITAS sable
Harvard, University of
Or, a cross flory sable and overall on a bend gules another engrailed Or charged with three grenades sable flammant proper.
For augmentation, on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper.
For second augmentation (posthumous), on a fess wavy overall azure the word TRAFALGAR Or.
Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount
Three ostrich feathers in pile argent enfiling a crown Or the quills surmounting [sometimes piercing, sometimes surmounted by] a scroll argent bearing the words ICH DIEN sable.
England, Heir Apparent of [not to be confused with the Prince of Wales]
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