[Steppes] December Heraldic rulings

[Alasdair MacEogan]

Greetings.  Please note the following actions on local submissions published in the December Laurel Letter of Acceptances and Returns published on February 15th.

Acceptances:

Ariñ de Aragon. Name.  (Device was returned by kingdom in August)

Giovanni da Firenze. Name and device (see RETURNS for badge). Sable, a mascle argent between two lightning bolts in pile Or, a
chief bendy azure and argent.
The use of lightning bolts is a step from period practice.

Megan Flower delWal. Device. Quarterly sable and vert, four four-leaved clovers slipped argent.
This device is clear of the device of Johanna le Walkere, Quarterly azure and sable, four quatrefoils argent. There is a CD for
the field and a CD for the change of orientation of the charges. Johanna’s quatrefoils are, as expected, set crosswise, while the
clovers are set saltirewise.

Returns:

Giovanni da Firenze. Badge. Sable, a mascle argent between two lightning bolts in pile Or.
This is returned for visual conflict, under section X.5 of the Rules for Submissions, against the badge of Jean Grondin the
Basque, Sable, two lightning bolts in pile Or, in chief a lozenge argent. While technically clear, there is insufficient visual
difference between the two.

Cheers,
Alasdair