Our historians use an extensive library, including the most highly referenced resources: Burkes General Armory, 1842, The Rietstap Armorial, 1861, and Rolland's Illustrations to the Armorial General, among countless others.
Since any one knight in armor would look similar to another, this symbol was important in identifying a knight in battle.
Because that is the meaning the vast majority of people have assigned to them and for centuries.
The symbols on a coat of arms are meant to represent the achievements of the person, state, or corporation to whom or which the arms were granted.
Coat of arms history Traditional family crests stemmed from heraldic arms, also known as coat of arms or armorial bearings.
One of the first things a lot of beginning genealogists want to explore is their family crest or coat of arms.