Heraldic Amusement

[Robert G. Ferrell]

>>While perusing a copy of _An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Heraldry_
>>(by Julian Franklyn and John Tanner.  Pergamon Press, 1969) I ran
>>across the most amusing bit'o'trivia.  Figure 135 (page 93) shows
>>the arms of a family named Waldeck... Or, and estoile flaming in bend
>>sable.  Figure 135 is also the example given for the description of
>>a "Comet".
>
>uhhh I don;t get it

It's essentially the badge for the Sable Comet of Ansteorra

--Cynric

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>>My wife thought I should pass it along.
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>>Diarmuit
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>-Michael
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