An Introduction to French Coats of Arms October 15, 2025Coats of arms in France began in the mid-12th century, right around the same time it appeared elsewhere in Europe. At first, it was mainly linked to knights and noble...
Mantling: The Decorative Side of Coats of Arms October 11, 2025Picture this: you’re flipping through a medieval manuscript. The coats of arms are bold, the crests are fierce and then your eye drifts to the swirls of fabric curling around...
Three Things Every Real Coat of Arms Should Have October 10, 2025So, you’ve stumbled across the world of coats of arms. (Or maybe it stumbled across you, like that one rabbit hole you swore you’d only peek into for five minutes…...
The Shape of Shields: Why It’s Style, Not History October 8, 2025If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of coat of arms shield shapes in heraldry, you might think there’s some grand historical rulebook dictating which shape you must use. ...
What Makes a Coat of Arms ‘Real’? Sorting Fact from Fiction September 30, 2025Let’s say you just found a bold, griffin-covered shield with your last name on it from a quick Google search. Cool, right? But... is it actually real? (And by “real,”...
Why Your Crest Might Come from a Place, Not a Person September 22, 2025Think your family crest came from a sword-wielding ancestor or a noble knight slaying dragons? Maybe not. The truth might be less Hollywood... and more hometown. How Geography Shaped Your...
