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Old 05-26-2011, 08:54 PM
ElieM ElieM is offline
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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito View Post
Not really. The US has no real rules of heraldry and most GLO CoAs violate the English rules of heraldry. Also to respond to lleduc, the torse (twisted band) is a fairly common feature in CoAs in general, not just GLO ones. And finally wasn't Ms. Butterfield not only an expert of heraldry, but the founder of a Women's Fraternity?
true - I was kind of thinking more in terms of symbolism (like lamps, keys, books, skulls, etc.) , rather than the specific heraldry rules (or on argent - that's unpossible!)

ETA: not that I think that knowing about symbolism means that I could try to discern the secret meanings of other GLO's CoA

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