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A beginner’s guide to understanding a coat of arms [infographic]

Posted by / February 13, 2014

If you’ve done some snooping in your ancestry, you might have been lucky enough to come across a coat of arms reckoning back to your family’s chivalrous past, but what kind of meaning is hiding in those ancient symbols of familial pride?

Find out with this intriguing infographic from My Family Silver.

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Via My Family Silver.

All in the family infographics.

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