[ANSTHRLD] device
tmcd at panix.com
tmcd at panix.com
Thu Aug 7 08:51:48 PDT 2003
PKieferjr at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/6/2003 10:36:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
> freaks252798 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> > would like my device to be a green top black bottom with a gold
> > inverted chevron in the green area a gold sickle one the black
> > area 2 gold winged claws thank you for you time dmitrii
> > rostislavich
>
> Bouncer! Never heard of claws being "winged". Never heard of claws
> being by themselves. Anyone verify?
There is a long-standing tradition that you can put a bird's wing on
just about anything in SCA armory, I think because Germanic armory in
particular puts wings on improbable things. Those improbable Germans
again.
Claws and legs on their own have been registered a number of times.
Recently there was
Rowena of Avalon|0010R|b|Argent, a feather inverted between a claw
reversed, and a claw sable.
and Rhiannon y Bwa just submitted a pair of chicken legs (though
I think a decision has not been published).
There's also
Inman MacMoore|9912X|d|Sable, a winged eagle's claw sustaining to
dexter a broadaxe palewise Or.
As I recall, there's a little bit obscure German charge which has a
big wing with a smaller human hand coming from the middle. It looks
like a bizarre freak of nature, but, hey, it's Germanic, so you'd
expect that sort of thing. I think at least one US military unit uses
it, but I'm not sure and I don't know which one. Perhaps Dmitrii was
thinking of Inman's version.
On the other hand, Dmitrii might have been thinking of a full claw --
perhaps a large claw, perhaps with a lower leg, perhaps with both
lower and upper leg, perhaps with a smaller wing or larger wing.
Dmitrii, pray describe further what you're thinking of.
Daniel "a wing and a prayer" de Lincolia
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