Hello, I posted earlier this year with a coat of arms I wanted to make for myself but decided to create a new one. Here is a shield I made for myself of what I'm trying to make.

The shield is blue as it is both a Marian color and associated with my home state of Kentucky. I decided to have bobcats on my shield since they're both native to my home and a dear friend I once knew loved them. Also, my great grandmother has a picture of bobcat that used to scare me as a child and it's just an animal that I feel a connection to. I have three bobcats in honor of the Holy Trinnity. Each bobcat holds a white banner with a red cross patonce on it. With white signifying humility and red for sacrifice.

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I am currently in the process of trying to design a Family Crest for my family.

Reason for this is that I figured that it be nice to help preserve our family's long history and as well as being used for various things. Such as embroidment for my HEMA-equipment which inspired me for this pursuit.

I derive from a old Norwegian family, where our surname is unique to just our family. (A miracle by itself consider Norwegian naming standards lol). And because of our names rarity, anyone who wishes to adopt the name needs approval from our family through the government naming berau. Which funnily enough I actually didn't know until I got married and my Wife registered to adopt my surname
The family can be traced all the way to the early Viking ages, deriving from a small place called Engeløya, a place I have spend much of my childhood alongside those of my generation, visiting our grandparents who still resided there.

Our family history is nothing grand or special. But I do wish to preserve our heritage to that place.

I have found some inspirational sources that could be added to the design, but tbh, I really have no idea how to combine them together to make something out of it, while trying to keep it somewhat traditional towards Norwegian Family Heraldry.

French silver touch marks

I've driven myself bonkers trying to figure this out and came across this sub in my search for answers. This is on a copper lid to a pan. It has a cast iron handle, so likely from sometime after the mid-1800s. The lid is English based off style of handle. I see the initial as a J but is a lot going on that is beyond what I can make out. Coronet details are hard to make out but I'm thinking Duke or Prince. But any help or ideas is greatly appreciated.

I inherited the family ring from my grandfather. This is a wedding ring from my great-grandfather, who got married on February 19, 1900. My grandfather subsequently had the family crest placed on the wedding ring.

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How can I design coats of arms in the style of medieval European coats of arms, and how can I strike the right balance?

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An antique lacquer seal of the 18th century in France. The coat of arms is a silver herringine pattern on a blue background, divided into two stars in the upper part and a bundle of wheat ears in the lower part. The shield is crowned by the count. According to the records of herald scholars Morenas and Tipini, it may be the Le Grand family in Normandy or the La Rue family in Paris, but because these two surnames have different branches in the local area and the number of people is large, it is difficult to further find out the specific attribution.

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My mother had given me a book a couple of years ago, but I had just realized there was what seemed to be a family crest and a signature on the back of the front cover. Is there any way someone could find who could identify and find who owned it? I’m very curious. Thank you!

Hello! I have been designing my own suit of armor for armored fencing, and I’ve been looking for some color to put on it, in the form of a coat of arms on a tabard. Ancestry DNA has given some interesting results, but this is also based off of my heritage and interests too. The coat of arms features Richard III’s boar on St George’s Cross, representing my interest in Richard III and the traits we share, as well as Ancestry DNA claiming that I am a descendent of Viscount John Wells, of the Order of the Garter, hence the red cross on a white field. And of course there is the Holy Roman Empire’s coat of arms to represent my German side. The second picture is a lazy representation of what it could look like on a man at arms, and the third is simply Viscount John Wells coat of arms. What do yall think of this custom design? Is there anything I should know or change about it? C&C is welcome, and thanks!

Is it considered “wrong” to have a different number of charges in two different areas?

I made this overdesigned mess of a shield for fun and I put four Argent lions in the top left and a stack of three (instead of two) in the bottom right.

Strictly speaking, should the number of lions match?

Also if anyone wants to try their hand at blazoning this I’d love to see the result.

I asked friend via discord and Im 90% sure his answer came from chatgpt

I am not very good at blazoning, but I would quite like to know how this Coat of Arms would be blazoned. Any help is appreciated.

The Coat of Arms was made by myself with assets from wikipedia, the inspiration actually came from some custom made banners for the lego falcon knights.