Definition of "coat of arms": an arrangement of bearings, usually depicted on and around a shield, that indicates ancestry and distinctions. In scarlet red and white, this coat of arms uses elements ...

Coats of arms date to the 12th Century, where they were first worn on battle shields. They were adopted by members of the royal family and spread among the wider nobility, granted by the monarch ...

Bishop Kevin Kenney’s coat of arms and episcopal motto reflect his heritage, his native place and his personal devotions. It ...

There are a couple of thousand different Polish coats of arms. You might expect that these would all include images of some lofty or knightly character but that isn’t always the case. Many are ...

A coat of arms created for the Duchess of Sussex that reflects her Californian background has been unveiled. It includes a shield containing the colour blue, representing the Pacific Ocean, and ...

So as you can see, in Poland, unlike in other countries, a given coat of arms wasn’t restricted to identifying just the one family. The various families that shared a single mark (often related, even ...

Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia have formed a trilateral summit to boost cooperation and maintain territorial integrity, with the ...

The kiwi is highly endangered due to attacks from other animals such as stoats (from the weasel family) and dogs ... been ...

The ACT's coat of arms has been displayed incorrectly as part of the government's "logo" on a number of public buildings around Canberra. In some cases, the swans appear to be the wrong way around.

But a new version of the royal coat of arms, quietly released by the Government last week, is unlikely to be widely seen for months or even years to come. While it forms the latest stage of a ...

The University Arms, whose background colour is azure, contains a gold-edged open book at its centre, on which is inscribed Disce Doce (Learn and Teach). On either side is a sheaf of eight silver ...

It is unclear whether the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) funding for vocational education in Eritrea, which was expanded in 2020 from an initial CHF4 million to an additional ...