Michael F. McCartney;97643 wrote:
In a roll of arms, wouldn’t the historical precedent have been a large black X over the emblazonment? I’ve seen an example of that approach recently—I’ll look for it.
Quite literally, "stricken from the rolls."
Here’s an example of another abatement for treachery:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Brasão_Castelo_Rodrigo.jpg
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The shield of the Portuguese town of Castello Rodrigo, inverted for the town’s treachery in the 1383–1385 Crisis
—Guy
I’ve added Mad Anthony Wayne and the two Medal of Honor-winning Theodore Roosevelts, father (San Juan Hill) and son (Normandy), as well as a few others, and updated/corrected the arms of Richard Montgomery.
PS: Also the Revolutionary hero John Eager Howard and Vice Adm John Bulkeley (MH, NC, DSC with oak leaf cluster), whose actions as a PT-boat squadron commander off the Philippines in the early days of WWII inspired the movie "They Were Expendable".
Can we add Robert Van Rensselaer, general during Revolutionary War; Stephen Van Rensselaer III, a U.S. general in the War of 1812; and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Union general during the Civil War?
The van Rensselaer arms:
