Clan badges vs family crests??

[Sean_the_Kilted]

Crest Badges

A note on the wearing of feathers, HM Queen is the only one allowed to wear 4 feathers as Chief of Chiefs.

Thanks for posting the illustrations. What exactly is a armiger and whats the difference between a clan cheif and a chieftain. Finally are the feathers supposed to be representive of feathers from any particular type of bird (ie eagle, turkey, pigeon) or are they just generic feathers and why feathers (native american headdress allusion?)