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Family arms in South Africa

Family coats of arms

–     how different devices relate to each other

man in full armour - who can he be?arms of the Bureau of Heraldry, Pretoriaa quarterly coat of armsarms symbolising atomic powerarms of a widow, borne on a lozengea typical crestarms with even more quartersarms of an adopted sonarmoured man in his coat of arms

Heraldry – ancient and brand new

What is a “coat of arms”?

Crests and other heraldic badges

Scottish clans and crests

Arms and the law

Arms and the family

Women and heraldry

Quarters – and more quarters

“The wrong side of the blanket” – bastardy and heraldry

“Grafted into the family” – heraldry of adopted children

arms of a family headarms of a French royal bastarda heraldic standardarms of a Castilian royal bastardarms of the heir to a family headship

Certain of these articles were first published in the Algoa Sun.

Title graphics prepared using MS Picture It!® / Kudu crest drawn by David Burkart and coloured by Barrie Burr.

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