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Celebrate
Heraldry –
International
Heraldry Day
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Registered:
The International
Register of Arms, 10th
April 2015. Registration
No. 0327 (Vol.2)
Arms:
Azure an oak tree erased
Argent surmounted by a
lion couchant guardant
Or.
Badge:
On a grassy mound a
knight in full armor
wearing a surcoat Vert
doubled Vair supporting
a shield with his
sinister hand Azure a
lion rampant Or and
grasping a spear in his
dexter hand flying a
banner of the arms.
Badge:
On a hurt an oak tree
erased Argent with 8
shields of varying
styles hung from the
boughs Or strapped Gules
the trunk charged with a
heater shield Or and
scroll bearing the date
10 Juni 1128 Argent.
Private
Registration:
USHR 20150410A, April
10, 2015
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Arms
and Badges for
use in the
promotion and
advocacy of
heraldry across
the world
and in
particular
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on
International
Heraldry Day,
June 10th
annually.
International
Heraldry Day
(IHD) focuses
one day each
year when
heraldry in
all its forms
is celebrated
worldwide.
Regardless of
jurisdiction,
geographic
area, customs,
favored styles
and favored
period, the
community
focuses on
wider
enjoyment of
heraldry. The
goal of the
organizers is
that
eventually all
heraldry
enthusiasts
will
acknowledge
the event in
the years to
come. The
celebration
was started in
2013 within
the
International
Association of
Amateur
Heralds
(IAAH). Tomasz
Steifer
(Poland), a
Fellow of the
IAAH described
the effort:
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“….We propose
that this
international
day of
heraldry at 10
June. On that
day, in the
year 1128, in
Rouen was
knighted, by
his future
father in law,
Henry I
Beauclerc,
Godfrey
Plantagenet.
Suspended
during the
ceremony on
the neck of a
young knight
shield blue
decorated six
golden lions,
is recognized
by most of the
heralds, for
the first time
in history,
fully formed
coat of arms.”
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Design Rationale: In the first year of
IHD, a contest
was held to
adopt a badge.
Alexander Liptak
(United States)
won that contest
and this badge
has been the
emblem of IHD
since June 10,
2013. Thomasz
Steifer (Poland)
has provided
free graphics
since 2014 to
promote IHD. His
“Tree of
Shields”
displays 13
shield shapes
displayed on an
oak tree erased.
The IHD
organizers
requested his
permission to
use this
original
art as a
second
badge.
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The Arms were
developed
using a
loose
combination of
these
badges, taking
the color scheme
from both and
using the lion
from Mr.
Liptak’s badge
and the oak
erased from Mr.
Steifer’s design
and placing them
on an Azure
field. The lion
is the most used
animal charge in
international
heraldry and
represents the
nobility of this
fine art. The
oak tree, also a
commonly used
charge,
represents the
deep roots,
growth and
spread of
heraldry over
time. Emblazon
of the shield
graciously
donated by
Danilo Martins
(Brazil). Flag
designed to show
the worldwide
and timeless
relevance of
heraldry.
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by Ljubodrag Grujic
(Serbia). |
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