Coat of arms of Hajdúszoboszló.

The full version is still a work in progress.

https://cimerek.hu/en/coat-of-arms/coat-of-arms-of-hajduszoboszlo/

Work in progress: the Dutch family emblem that tells the personal story of this family.
The four elements on the shield are finished; now for the rest.

Figured it try making one after a video piqued my interest. How’d I do? I tried to keep it realistic while adding things that looked aesthetically appealing to me.

Can anyone provide some help with how to describe this charge or give me some language that would generate something similar? The idea is that it is a broken/open ouroboros but being described as a serpent/snake is fine.

Imperator totius Hispaniae was a title historically used by Castilian and Leonese Monarchs to denote their supremacy. I kinda imagined a still Globe-Spanning Empire On Which the Sun Never Sets, with STRONG Catholicism. I combined Trastamarese, Habsburg, Borbon-Anjou, and Francoist heraldry into this big ass achievement. I'm aware it's not very heraldically accurate, but I'm having fun.

¡Viva España!

Did a deep dive on my family history and managed to trace it back to the 17th century and I come from a long line a German farmer's and a few blacksmiths, so I decided to try and make some COA using heraldicon to reflect that lineage. Let me know what you think, and any feedback would be great.

PS: I made the one with the ermine label just because I thought it looked good and wanted to add more to it without getting too crazy.

Howdy folks.

Like the title says, I'd like to know if this is a legitimate heraldic design. I've never seen a charge quite like this one, and I want to make sure I'm not breaking any major rules.

Blazonry is a big weak spot for me, but I'm currently describing this as:

Azure, a delf voided argent.

Thanks in advance.

The Order of Saint John in Sweden has tasked me with making stall plates for the current and previous commanders. This is made with acrylics with gold and silver leaf on a copper sheet.

A slight hickup during the painting process: the original letters patent from the 17th century state that the dragon's colour is "proper", which was a bit unhelpful. We went with green.

I simply wanted to share this gorgeous document, probably 17th century, with its very well preserved seals, in their original hand-turned wooden boxes...

I have identified them as: (l-r) Freiherr von Wolkenstein, the city of Bozen, or Bolzano, Petrus Roren, and Edler von Rottenbucher. I have not yet had the time to translate the document, or precisely date it as I only received the parcel yesterday evening, but couldnt resist sharing here!

Composition created at the request of the client- A fun piece to work on!
Completed in ink, colored with alcohol based ink on heavy pressed mixed media.

I recently started drafting a coat of arms for my immediate family and descendants. I've been flipping through Fox-Davies' complete guide to heraldry to familiarize myself with the various layouts, elements, and rules, and have put together a first draft.

Blazon: Or, a fox rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure, holding in its dexter forepaw three arrows Argent, shafted proper; on a chief Gules, three suns in splendor Or, without faces.

Alternate version without the chief and suns also included here. I would really appreciate the community's feedback on the overall design of what I have so far. Is the chief with suns too busy? Is the Red/Gold more impactful when reversed?

The rendering of the fox is my own, and I am also looking for feedback on how to further stylize the animal itself for a more heraldic feel? The fox is not very common as a charge from what I can tell, so not a lot of reference material to draw inspiration from.

Thanks for the input!

(Note that this is a new composition, and does not draw from an existing blazon or rendering.)

This is on one of my jackets and I cannot find anything like it on google. Anyone know where this comes from?

I just don’t understand what it means in this context! Are the spaniards just really big MHA fans or what?

[ETA because it's apparently needed even though I said it just below: no, I don't think surnames have arms, no I don't think you are inaccurate if you say "surnames don't have arms" and I say it myself here regularly. But unless you would say that to Guillim, Berry, Woodward, Fox-Davies, Ströhl, Neubecker, Pastoureau… please don't feel the need to correct everyone who says "the arms of the X family". If you need to be specific that it's not the whole extended family, just say "only branches of families have arms"]

1. only if you're in one of the few strict cadency traditions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇸^\)
2. and only then if you're an insufferable pedant
3. it always seems to be said here as a way of scoring off newbies
4. it's been common practice to talk about the arms of a family at least since the 17th century

TL;DR: stop saying "families don't have arms" and say — if you even need to — "branches of families have arms, but surnames don't". But when even the most respected heraldic writers of the last four centuries have been speaking about The Arms of the [X] family***,*** default assumption should be that you don't need to.

Don't take it from me. The College of Arms🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 says;

A coat of arms [doesn't belong to a surname but] is granted or confirmed to one person and their descendants in the legitimate male line so only that family group will be entitled to the coat of arms,* ^\*)

They go on to say:

[the practice of younger sons differencing] is little used in modern heraldry and members of a family tend to bear their arms undifferenced - the identity of the individual family member being apparent from the context in which the arms are used.

Case study.

I am the oldest son of an oldest son from England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. I now live in Belgium🇧🇪. Even under the strictest practice:

• If my dear late grandfather🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had had arms (used by my grandma also) my father🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 would have them identically (used by my mother also).
• I would have them with a label, and in due course — may it be far away! — verbatim.

That sure sounds like arms belonging to our branch of the family

• Meanwhile my children 🇧🇪, assuming they share my name will have them verbatim***.
• as will my grandchildren🇧🇪 and great-grandchildren🇧🇪 who share my name, no matter if they descend from my sons or daughters.

and even if we're old school and stricter than the current College of Arms (and nothing wrong with that)

• my younger brother🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 would have substantially the same arms with a little crescent in the corner (and my sister in law🇺🇸 would use them also).
• Their descendents 🇺🇸 of the same surname would share his arms verbatim.

So yes, arms don't belong to everyone with the same surname - our surname is shared by zillions of other families and yes, they don't propagate backwards. But yes they would absolutely belong to (our branch of) our family!

The image is from Hugo Ströhl, who I hope we can all agree knows his stuff.

^\ not sure about Spain. And tell me if there's others that use them for non-nobility arms in the present day, and I'll add them)
^\* If you want a hundred other quotes from authoritative sources, lmk)
^\** Link in Dutch, sorry, Machine-translation of the relevant bit:) ^{Transferability: A new coat of arms may be borne by the beneficiary and their descendants who carry the same surname. The inheritance of the coat of arms thus follows the family name. In the case of historical coats of arms, the heraldic customs of the time dictated a form of inheritance in which only male descendants bearing the surname would typically pass on the arms. However, once such a historical coat of arms has been officially recognized by the Flemish Government \}and the same rules apply to the Francophone community, and for unregistered arms — which may be freely assumed and used in Belgium])^{, it becomes subject to contemporary practice: the coat of arms may be borne by the beneficiary and their descendants who carry the same surname, regardless of gender.}

I also posted this to the discord channel, so some of you may have seen this one already. I have been updating the shading on our coat of arms. Took me longer than expected, and care to admit. Would be happy to recieve any feedback, if you like it or maybe if you feel like the shading is a bit to much.

Cheers!

Stained glass window at Église Saint-Louis d'Hyères (in Hyères, France)

I would love to hear opinions on the identity of the arms etched into this beautiful c. late-16th or early 17th century halberd.
They was described to me as being the "arms of Meissen" - but the heraldry of Meissen (the locality) seems to show a lion doing his best Godzilla impression against a tower. I wonder if somebody has mistakenly conflated the crossed-swords mark seen on Meissen porcelain.

The best I can guess is that these arms are probably continental European, possibly German or Italian.