Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 436

Academy of Saint Gabriel Report 436

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Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel.

Here is the information we found about your proposed badge, "(Fieldless) A falcon's head erased holding in its beak a lily slipped and leaved Or."

This is a very nice badge design. If the falcon's head and the lily are about the same size, there are no conflicts. Be careful that the outline of the lily does not overlap the outline of the falcon's head, such overlapping makes both charges hard to identify.

Please note that, in period, a person's badges were not usually derived from his or her arms, although a person's crest is occasionally used as a badge and vice versa.[1] The crest is the ornament adorning the top of the helmet in a full achievement of arms; the helmet, in its turn, sits atop the shield.

Rouland Carre, Arval d'Espas Nord, Talan Gwynek, and Zenobia Naphtali contributed to
this letter.

We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.

In service,
Margaret Makafee
Academy of Saint Gabriel


[1] Fox-Davies, A.C. Heraldic Badges