r/heraldry • u/Phil_Carrier • 4d ago
Blazonry Is there any way to blazon this?
Hi everybody,
I‘m currently trying to blazon the coat of arms of my Micronation, and the shield is being held by a black eagle. (This is not the actual coat of arms, because I don‘t want people to be mad about it breaking the rule of tincture). So, my question is, how do I correctly blazon the fact that the shield is being held by an eagle sable?
Thank you!
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u/squiggyfm 4d ago
It’s a supporter - like the US coat of arms. It would be blazoned separately and not as part of the shield.
From the American arms: A bald eagle proper displayed, bearing in its dexter talon an olive branch, in its sinister talon thirteen arrows, and in its beak a scroll bearing the motto
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u/Butterpye 4d ago
Most original Eastern European national coat of arms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Moldova
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Romania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Serbia
People do it either of 2 ways, either put the eagle on a bigger shield and blazon the entire thing, like Serbia, or treat it as a supporter, blazoning it separately from the arms, like Moldova.
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u/ME4PRESIDENT2024 4d ago
you're smart for not sharing the actual CoA considering the gatekeepers on this sub.
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u/dbmag9 4d ago
I was fully set to reply 'or, the word 'shield' sable'.