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BTW, because of Emily's expertise the Alpha Gam pledge (new member) pin is also heraldically correct. ("On a shield, parti per pale, or and vert, a fess gules," which means, "On a shield, divided in half vertically, gold left and green right, a cross-bar in red.")
Our coat of arms is described, "Gules, on a bend or, between two billets of the same, three annulets vert," or a red shield with a diagonal band of gold between two rectangles of gold, three green rings." The crest is "a red and a buff rose proper between epsilon and pi," the "proper" meaning "in their natural state."
It's interesting to note that newer GLO's apparently have no clue about heraldry when their design their coats-of-arms, nor are they inclined to learn. (Technically the crest is the part at the top, above the shield.)
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