In traditional European heraldry, there are colors and metals (silver/white, gold/yellow). The rule is you never put a metal on a metal, or a color on a color.
It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.
It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.
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Sir PTerry everyone!
https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/grants/item/39-sir-terence-david-john-pratchett
A fitting motto.
One is the Vatican.
The other is Donald Trump.
Fittingly, the original shield included the Latin word “integritas,” which was replaced w/ the word “Trump.”
Saying that the Trump shield looks utter dogshit is an insult to dogs everywhere… who are tirelessly squeezing out piles of foul smelling goo in their owners shoes and on heirloom oriental carpets.
What a tosser he is!
But metal on metal is *extremely* rare. Looking it up, I can only find one other - the county arms of Trøndelag in Norway.
If, for whatever reason, you've got to put them next to each other, you're supposed to ignore that white is always called argent, and yellow is always called or, and instead call one "white" or "yellow."
and Trump's (Argent ermined or, two chevronels couped between three demi-lions rampant, all or) explicitly ignore this.
Trump stole this coat of arms. He's not allowed to use it in his UK properties, because they take this shit seriously.
The arms belong to the family of Joseph Davies, once US Ambassador to the USSR, then Belgium and Luxembourg.
Whose family motto is "Integrity."
He took something that said "integrity," spray painted it gold, and proclaimed "I answer to no authority on Earth."
I dare you to read "Court of Chivalry" without laughing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49851343
That said, the shield upon it was drawn up with the college of arms in london, and is blazoned explicitly as Yellow and White, not Or and Argent, so it's actually an example of a color-on-color violation.
It was fun noticing these and learning what the symbols mean while walking around Prague.
What's interesting about the lesser coat of arms of Prague (referenced there on the left half of the shield) is that the castle is alternating silver or gold, historically, and is usually just defined as Or *or* Argent, with the accents being ignored.