In the Middle Ages, knights-whose view of the battlefield was limited to what they could see through tiny slits in metal helms-recognized the need to be able to better identify friend from foe. Rather ...

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Two armies, resplendent in medieval plate-like armour, size up each other on the outskirts of a NSW state forest, waiting for the order to charge. The tension is broken momentarily by the ding of a ...

Logo nerds flocked to read Counter-Print’s book of heraldry-inspired designs first time around. As the publisher returns with Modern Heraldry: Volume Two, we dissect the relationship between the ...

The origin of armory -- Heraldry and numismatics by P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton -- The status and meaning of a coat of arms in Great Britain -- The heralds and officers of arms -- English heraldic ...

One would have thought that in the post-Vatican II era, the papacy — which had dispensed with coronations, tiaras, silken gloves, the sedia gestatoria and ostrich feather fans, — would have shelved ...

DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. -- Have you ever wondered where all the flags the Army uses come from? Nope? You're not alone. Army flags are ubiquitous, as in everywhere -- and not just displayed in the foyer ...

Before the name of your tailor, the make and model of your car, or the size of your superyacht mattered, and before logo-laden handbags or even old school ties, the status symbol for the seriously ...

Items found for sale online had originally been stolen from a Hertfordshire and a Norfolk church.