“Thus in the old aristocratic days there existed this vast pictorial symbolism of all the colours and degrees of aristocracy.”
“Vert a saltire or, in chief two swords in saltire, points upwards, the dexter surmounted of the sinister argent, pommels and hilts gold.”
Coats of arms are a very esoteric art form that has a very long history, yet still today people clamor for crests and coats of arms for everything from states and nations to individual people and even companies. What once belonged only to the aristocracy of Europe is now something available to all of us.
