The crest can be used alone as a symbol for the holder/family or a shortcut for the coat of arms. Crests alone were used to identify and decorate things, such as the handles of family cutlery ...

Trump accused of plagiarising family crest. 30 May 2017. Share Save. Joel Gunter. ... It is illegal in the UK to assume another family's coat of arms, but someone doing so in England, ...

TRADITION dictates that a coat of arms is held by one member of the family and passed from heir to heir down the bloodline. The grand symbols all look very Henry VIII these days with dragons and li… ...

Just as families in Medieval times had a coat of arms to distinguish them in times of battle or celebration, bishops designed crests describing their life as they were called to lead their ...

As the Bercows unveil their boastful coat of arms, the vulgar truth about family crests. By A N WILSON Updated: 19:42 EDT, 30 November 2011 ...

The U.S. billionaire has won a battle against 400-year-old heraldic law to show his very own coat of arms at a new golf resort in Aberdeenshire.

"A design for a coat of arms needs to be suitable, tasteful, and timeless," he said. "Modern day apparel and equipment may not look very good in 50 or 100 years." There has been some modernisation ...