Post Your Granted, Assumed or Desired Arms

[macwilkin]

The translation I have is "A little by degrees", a slight pun on my two academic degrees.

The crest is symbolic of my area of study -- military history. Being a bit of a self-appointed vexillologist, I have always admired the famed "Bedford Flag", the oldest known complete flag in American history. Given it's military origins, I thought the armoured arm holding a book (instead of a sword) would be a very fitting way to depict a military historian. I had also thought about the motto, "By pen and sword", but since neither are featured on my arms, I rejected that.

The acorns symbolize my ten years in the National Park Service, and the garb my membership in the Clan Cumming. The unicorn can be found on a number of arms for Wilkinsons, and the design of the shield is based on the old Rhodesian arms.

T.

[Cygnus]

Thanks, Todd - my translation was a good distance off the mark ("moderate to increase little"). I'll readily admit that any Latin translation I come up with is based more on Portuguese than any actual Latin education.

And I couldn't think of a more fitting crest. Thanks again!

[Mike_Oettle]

Not sure how this one slipped past me, Todd. I like it very much – but with the reservation that the garb really ought to be on a pale, perhaps green. I think the Bureau would insist on that.
The motto, now that I see it translated, reminds me of a limerick I came across years ago:

A maiden at college, Miss Keyes,
Weighted down with BA’s and Lit D’s,
Collapsed from the strain;
Said her doctor: “It’s plain
You're killing yourself by degrees!”

Regards,
Mike

[SlackerDrummer]

I like it very much – but with the reservation that the garb really ought to be on a pale, perhaps green. I think the Bureau would insist on that.

I'm curious to know if that proves to be the case, Mike. In 2008, the BoH registered arms with two Cape pheasants on a white field in which their own illustration shows the birds very light-colored. I understand your concern that the wheat is naturally in its appearance similar to gold, but given that the acorns are brown with green leaves, there is little doubt that the three items on the chief are all "proper". Now if the acorns were a "colour" I could understand the argument that the garb were a "metal" but I don't see it that way as it stands. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[creagdhubh]

The translation I have is "A little by degrees", a slight pun on my two academic degrees.

The crest is symbolic of my area of study -- military history. Being a bit of a self-appointed vexillologist, I have always admired the famed "Bedford Flag", the oldest known complete flag in American history. Given it's military origins, I thought the armoured arm holding a book (instead of a sword) would be a very fitting way to depict a military historian. I had also thought about the motto, "By pen and sword", but since neither are featured on my arms, I rejected that.

The acorns symbolize my ten years in the National Park Service, and the garb my membership in the Clan Cumming. The unicorn can be found on a number of arms for Wilkinsons, and the design of the shield is based on the old Rhodesian arms.

T.

Well done, Todd! Your assumed armorial bearings look quite smart (and very pertinent to your achievements and genealogy, I must add) indeed. Nice and simple in design, without cluttering the escutcheon with too many charges.

Congratulations,

[WVHighlander]

Congrats. It looks great.