Fraternity and Sorority Arms, Seals, Flags and other Insignia

[MysticCat]

Yay on responses!

Originally Posted by AzTheta

In the meantime, here's a question: according to our official website, the coat-of-arms is a registered trademark. Am I going to get in trouble if I post it here? I love our COA, and want to be sure not to do anything wrong. I don't know nothing about trademark laws.

Originally Posted by IrishLake

You aren't claiming it as your own creation, and you aren't making money off it. If you post it, you are covered under a "fair use" law.

This.

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

. . . Oh and of course it's in blue and blue!

Here's a question Lucy. I see this coat of arms a lot (being married to a Kappa). Sometimes I see both the area above the chevron (the ^-shape) darker blue while the base (below the chevron) is light blue, and the fluer-de-lis are gold, like this:



Other times it's like the image you posted -- both darker blue and light blue fluer-de-lis. Any info on the differences.

I'll try to post about Phi Mu Alpha later today.

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I see this coat of arms a lot (being married to a Kappa). Sometimes I see both the area above the chevron (the ^-shape) darker blue while the base (below the chevron) is light blue, and the fluer-de-lis are gold, like this:



Other times it's like the image you posted -- both darker blue and light blue fluer-de-lis. Any info on the differences.

As far as I know, this one is just a very stylized version. Our official CoA is the one Lucy posted. Personally I am not a fan of the stylized one... there are some blankets as well that have green added, which baffles me because green has nothing to do with KKG.

As an aside, something I didn't notice until a few years into Kappa: Our overall CoA shape is a fleur de lis. When I realized that it made me like the CoA even more for pure awesomeness.

ETA: Here's a pretty cool stylized one on MSU's site. Not official, but fun:

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

As an aside, something I didn't notice until a few years into Kappa: Our overall CoA shape is a fleur de lis.

mind = blown



I'll post more Delta Chi stuff later!

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

mind = blown

I know, right? That was me a few years back.

Originally Posted by GTAlphaPhi

I just realized that both KKG and SSS have the same "sigma within a delta" symbol at the top! If this isn't ritual (which I'm guessing it is), could either of you share?

I didn't notice that until Lucy mentioned the tops were the same. At first I thought she meant the wings, and then I noticed the sigma within a delta! For KKG, it is our new member pin & is ritual so you're out of luck there. I was thinking that the Tri Sigma one represented a Sigma for their org and the shape of their badge- but then why wouldn't they do an indented triangle? So I'm left with no ideas there, which means it may be ritual... I'm sure someone can clear that up!

[AlphaFrog]

I actually enjoy the simplicity of our COA. Central Phoenix rising. 4 point crown, 4 red and white panels, two ropes that represent 4, and Aspire, Seek, Attain on the banner at the bottom. They have a beautiful stained glass window of it at HQ. I'll see if I can find a pic of that.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

I didn't notice that until Lucy mentioned the tops were the same. At first I thought she meant the wings, and then I noticed the sigma within a delta! For KKG, it is our new member pin & is ritual so you're out of luck there. I was thinking that the Tri Sigma one represented a Sigma for their org and the shape of their badge- but then why wouldn't they do an indented triangle? So I'm left with no ideas there, which means it may be ritual... I'm sure someone can clear that up!

Sorry I can't. It's all ritual except for the Greek script on the bottom

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

As far as I know, this one is just a very stylized version. Our official CoA is the one Lucy posted. Personally I am not a fan of the stylized one... there are some blankets as well that have green added, which baffles me because green has nothing to do with KKG.

ETA: Here's a pretty cool stylized one on MSU's site. Not official, but fun:

Yeah, it's just a style thing. I have a sticker version of our COA that's more a of a blue and white outline. I think all of the pictures on the Kappa website have the colors that I found.

[GTAlphaPhi]

• Our colors, silver and bordeaux
• 2 of our major symbols, ivy (at the top) and the Big Dipper/Ursa Major constellations. Ursa Major ("Great Bear" is the inspiration of one of our less serious symbols, the Phi Bear!
  
• Lamps appear on a lot of COA's/crests/logos/imagery throughout human history, so make of it what you will.
• The lowercase Greek letters below the ivy (alpha omicron epsilon) stand for our secret motto and also appear on our badge
• The Greek phrase on the "banner" is our public motto, "Union hand in hand".

While we officially call this our crest, technically, I think a crest is only the thing at the top, so the ivy in this case, the bird on Theta's (eagle?), etc. Sometimes I think ours is too plain -- almost too modern and clean-looking. What can I say, I love the flourishes on the sides of come COA's!