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the study of coat of arms
coat of arms
It's called heraldry.
Coats of arms generally follow the rules of Heraldry.
Heraldry is the study of Coats of Arms.
For the US Army there is a department of Heraldry that approves the design of a coat of arms for a unit. Website: http://www.heraldry.army.mil/
For the US Army there is a department of Heraldry that approves the design of a coat of arms for a unit. Website: http://www.heraldry.army.mil/
The text on the scroll in a coat of arms is the owner's of the arm's motto.
You can buy a coat of arms from any artist willing to create one and sell it to you, as long as you are not in a country where heraldry still has legal support, limiting who can have arms, etc. In those countries, you cannot buy a coat of arms.
Although it is possible to research heraldry (perhaps several different coats of arms) for specific people with the name Kenyon, these coats of arms will definitely not apply to anyone else with the same surname. In most parts of Europe heraldry has always been allocated along with a knighthood; both the title and the heraldry will in certain circumstances be handed on through the male line via the eldest son - but nobody else even in the same family can claim that heraldry. If there is no son, the title and the heraldry simply die out.If Olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins receives a well-deserved knighthood he will also be officially allocated heraldry: a coat of arms, heraldic supporters, motto and crest - but nobody else named Wiggins will ever have any legal right to that heraldry - exactly the same as in medieval times.
It is a boost on the medieval battlefield
It is a boost on the medieval battlefield