Handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss. : rules for the appointment of liveries, &c (1882)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 141
ir individual possessors, and as Coatsof Arms were frequently of too elaborate a description to beembroidered on the garments of retainers, &c.. Badges, con-sisting of a single figure, were employed to designate thefamily to which such dependents belonged. None but theprivate Herald bore the… … 134 HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY. Pelham Buckle in the Arms of Sussex families, and theGarb in those of Cheshire. A Badge may readily be distinguished from a Crest, fromthe circumstance that the former is complete by itself, whilethe latter is always placed either on a Wreath, Crest-coronet,or Ca^ of…
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