| I have a small website where I try to
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| | resemble an actual shield from the field
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| sell custom-made lapel buttons. In
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| | of battle. The right to a coat of arms,
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| addition to these made-to-order buttons I
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| | for example, was often granted to
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| also offer several specialty lines of
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| | females, and the shield in such cases was
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| off-the-shelf items and at this time of
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| | typically drawn as a lozenge or
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| year I'm usually concerned with one of
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| | diamond-shaped object. Many shields such
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| those lines in particular: Irish heraldic
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| | as the so-called "jousting" shields are
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| buttons. St. Patrick's Day approaches.I'm
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| | sometimes drawn as crazy, free-form,
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| in no sense an expert on heraldry. Still,
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| | asymmetric shapes.Very often a shield's
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| although there are many button sites like
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| | area was divided, maybe to signify the
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| mine I'm not aware of any other with a
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| | merging of two powerful families. In such
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| line of products like that one and I
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| | cases, all the charges (pictures, or
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| don't know why that should be true. It
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| | "bearings") shown on both original
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| struck me the other day that heraldry
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| | shields would usually be retained, each
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| might offer a wide range of opportunities
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| | group confined to its own partition of
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| for specialization--and to craftspersons
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| | the merged shield. There were, naturally,
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| in almost any field from pottery to
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| | technical terms for any number of
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| needlepoint to weaving, rugmaking, and
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| | different ways to divide the area of a
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| even quilting.It's true that we no longer
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| | shield: per pale, per fess, per chevron,
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| live in the age of chivalry and that not
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| | per saltire, etc. There were even
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| all Americans are caught up in the study
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| | different stylized lines used to separate
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| of their ancestry and ethnic heritage,
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| | the segments. A simple straight line
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| but surprisingly many of us are. For
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| | might do the trick, but it could also be
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| example, Overture reports that in
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| | "engrailed," "embattled," "indented,"
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| November of 2004 the exact phrase "Irish
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| | "wavy," "dovetailed," etc.As for the
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| heraldry" was searched for on the web 140
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| | charges, they merit a separate treatment.
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| times. Note that this doesn't include
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| | They include not only lions and eagles in
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| possible searches for related terms like
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| | various poses, but a wide variety of
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| Gaelic, Celtic, shields, crests, coats of
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| | birds, mammals, fish, and mythological
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| arms, etc. And it says nothing at all
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| | beings. Parts of the human body. The sun,
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| about searches for heraldic information
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| | the stars, and many forms of vegetation.
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| from any other part of the world or for
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| | Structures and ships, books and bells.
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| heraldry in general. As a matter of fact,
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| | And each of them has its own specialized
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| during the month of November the word
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| | meaning. For instance, a dragon stood for
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| "heraldry" was used in 11,869 searches,
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| | vigilance, a snake for wisdom, a boar for
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| so it seems that a market may well
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| | a fierce fighter, a swallow for someone
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| exist.On the other hand, heraldry may be
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| | who had been dispossessed of land. A
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| considered a rather nerdy topic in the
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| | cross might indicate that the bearer or
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| modern world. I've noticed that many
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| | one of his ancestors had fought in the
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| people today fall below the snuff-line
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| | crusades, and the arms of a sailor would
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| when it comes to their basic knowledge of
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| | often show a ship.As is obvious from
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| heraldry. There's no reason why they
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| | those few examples, the meaning of some
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| should know anything about it if their
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| | charges still make at least some sense to
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| objective is merely to copy an occasional
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| | us, while in other cases their meaning is
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| coat of arms onto some products that
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| | baffling. Different kinds of crowns can
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| they've made, like, for instance, some
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| | indicate different ranks of nobility;
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| dinner plates or a sampler. Yet a few
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| | that's logical enough. But a finger ring,
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| paragraphs of information about coats of
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| | for instance, might symbolize a fifth
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| arms may be interesting to any who can
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| | son, and a tower might stand for
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| see the possibilities in the use of
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| | wealth.Heraldry is a colorful topic in
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| heraldic themes as a quasi-specialty in
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| | every sense. One continually runs into
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| their work.A discussion of heraldry must
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| | larger-than-life characters. Here's one,
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| begin, first and foremost, with the idea
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| | chosen more or less at random:Sir Francis
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| of the shield. The shield, I would guess,
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| | Drake was definitely a sailor, and his
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| is probably the oldest piece of weaponry
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| | arms definitely showed a ship. And what a
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| other than the club. The earliest shields
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| | ship! Most ships that I've seen in
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| were made of tough skins stretched over
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| | heraldic designs seem to have one mast
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| wooden frames. Their shape was probably
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| | but this one has three. There's a dragon
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| roundish, and the round shield served
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| | or griffin seated in the stern with wings
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| very well at least through the days of
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| | outspread. The ship rests atop a large
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| the Roman Legions.As body armor grew more
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| | globe of the world showing us the
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| cumbersome, it became more and more
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| | Atlantic Ocean, and above the ship a hand
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| difficult in the heat of hand-to-hand
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| | emerges from a cloud pointing at the ship
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| combat to determine who was who. An early
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| | something that looks very much like a
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| step towards solving this problem came
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| | microphone plugged into the bow. (I don't
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| when warriors began painting identifying
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| | know what it is.)All of that constitutes
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| symbols on their shields. By the time of
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| | merely the crest and, as is to be
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| the Middle Ages these symbols were
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| | expected, the crest is resting on a
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| becoming strictly codified and
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| | wreath and the wreath is above the helm.
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| proprietary. The persons charged with
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| | Below the helmet we finally reach the
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| keeping track of them were high
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| | shield, an amazingly simple shield, given
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| government officials called heralds and a
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| | the complexity of its surroundings: on a
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| technical language, something that looks
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| | black background, a silver wavy fess
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| to us today like a strange mixture of
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| | (horizontal area) represents the sea
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| English and French, was growing up around
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| | between two wavy stars representing the
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| them to describe them.In all probability
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| | pole stars. The whole thing commemorated
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| this language was really not strange at
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| | Drake's circumnavigation of the earth in
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| all, but very similar to the ordinary
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| | 1577.These arms were granted to Francis
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| speech of the times, that is, the period
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| | Drake by Elizabeth I, but he seems to
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| after the Norman conquest of England. Yet
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| | have been a fairly headstrong individual
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| people who discuss heraldry seriously
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| | and kept adding bits and pieces to which
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| still use these terms today, and that is
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| | he had no real right. This tendency got
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| no doubt one more reason why the study is
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| | him into a long feud with an unrelated
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| no longer cool. It should of course not
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| | Drake family from whom he swiped elements
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| be obligatory to use "or" for gold or
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| | for his own arms. (In fact, he did that
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| "vert" for green when writing in modern
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| | twice. After the other family had
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| English, but that's how they insist on
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| | successfully defended its claims against
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| doing it.To satisfy a herald, a full
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| | him and he had removed the offending
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| "coat of arms" had to include many things
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| | bearings from his arms, he later decided
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| besides the basic shield. By the time
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| | to put them back where they didn't
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| that the practice of heraldry had spread
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| | belong.)All of the major online
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| throughout Europe a coat of arms included
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| | bookstores have, or can locate, many
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| at least the shield, the motto, the helm,
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| | pages full of books on heraldry, from
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| the wreath, the crest, the mantling, and
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| | modern works to out-of-print classics and
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| possibly several other things as
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| | intended for experts or beginners.Jim
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| well.Surprisingly, the shape of the
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| | Donnelly is based in Fresno, CA. He
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| shield didn't seem to matter much. Books
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| | offers to produce pin-back lapel buttons
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| on heraldry often show ten or fifteen
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| | of any description at all, with any photo
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| different common shapes. And not every
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| | or drawing and any wording that will fit
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| heraldic shield was even intended to
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| | and that doesn't include treason.
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