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Sorry I forgot to say that "dexter chief" means the upper left quadrant. The others are not available.
If you are wondering why the "left" side is called "dexter" you have to remember that this is a SHIELD and when you hold it, that "left" quadrant is on YOUR RIGHT. That's why the dragon faces that way, too - all heraldic beasts face "left", unless there is some special meaning to be suggested by having it go "backwards".
The technical details of heraldry are quite interesting (even to computer scientists, for they form a very elegant graphical description language!) and we ought to be most grateful to G. M. Chandler for his hard work for us... As I understand, some parts of the US Armed Forces are still making use the arms he worked out for them - I do not have details, however, it is worth looking into.
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