ANST - Fighting awards?

[marsha.greene at mpan.com]

Ooopss!  Sorry, you are right...missed the word 'sable' after blue thistle.
My error... should have taken Da'ud's Blazon 102 class last weekend for a
refresher.  Humm!   Later. Hillary




baw2 at lucent.com on 02/25/99 02:58:17 PM

Please respond to ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG

To:   ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
cc:    (bcc: Marsha Greene/MIS/Houston/Corp/LCA)
Subject:  RE: ANST - Fighting awards?




"Blue Thistle" is the species of thistle.  When you go and look at a
thistle, it's top is blue (actually kind of a lavender), but the blazon
calls out for the "blue thisle" to be depicted "sable" (black).
Confusing enough?
My favorite blazon is "an ermin, or, maintaining and oar, ermin".  Isn't
heraldry fun?
Alys.
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> From:   marsha.greene at mpan.com[SMTP:marsha.greene at mpan.com]
> Reply To:    ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
> Sent:   Thursday, February 25, 1999 2:38 PM
> To:     ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:     RE: ANST - Fighting awards?
>
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> Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Sable Thistle is designated
as
> a 'Sable' Thistle, as in Black (Sable), not Blue Thistle.  Perhaps the
Web
> site has a typing error.  Don't have my Heralds Armorial at work to
> verify,
> but having been Sable Scroll officer for three reigns, if the thistle was
> blue... I really screwed up.  All those scrolls must come back so we can
> 'fix' them.  (Now, I'm blue!)
> Bn. Hillary Greenslade    Westgate
>
>
>
> Alys said:
> "Award of the Sable Thistle:  ....  Holders of the Sable Thistle are
> entitled to wear a medallion or pin bearing the badge of the award: A
blue
> thistle sable, slipped and leaved Or."
>
>
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