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23 June 2008 13:36
 

Marcus K;58720 wrote:

I second that Donnchadh,having wrote that I continue with som new arms:

http://www.ejercito.mde.es/organizacion/brimzx/img/gif/brimz_x.gif

Mechanized Brigade "Guzman el Bueno" X.


The full acheivement of the Brigade:

 

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14 July 2008 12:08
 

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Studies and Systems Centre of the Intelligence Division. The black part symbolizes the information obscured by the Enemy. The Silver part is the revealed by intellligence operations denoted by the Star. The Laurel Wreath denotes Victory and the Sword the Combat arms.

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Army Hydrotherapy Centre. The Fountain denotes the Hydrotherapy and the Cross of Malta the Medical Service to which the Centre belongs.

 
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02 August 2008 06:05
 

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The Head of the Information and Telecomunications Systems. The Santiago Cross denotes subordination to the General Staff. The Atom model denotes the Information Systems and the Diode the Telecomunications Systems. The Star denotes Technical Support. The CoA was approved on 14 November 2005.

 
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02 August 2008 06:24
 

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The rather non-heraldic CoA of the Field Artillery Regiment No. 63.

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Corps of Mutilated for the Country. The arms is based on the Symbols of the Corps of Invalids of 1717.

 
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05 August 2008 05:15
 

From Wikipedia:

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CoA of the National Training Center "San Gregorio" based at Zaragoza. The lion is from the arms of the city of Zaragoza and the Papal Tiara denotes San Gregorio (St. Gregory) who was a Pope. The meaning of the Fleur-de-lys is not clear to me.

 

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CoA of the Emergency Military Unit.

 
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05 August 2008 15:17
 

Marcus K;61754 wrote:

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CoA of the Emergency Military Unit.


How would you blazon this? Would it be Per bend sinister bendy of eight 1) Or and Gules and 2) Azure and Or?

 
 
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05 August 2008 15:44
 

Kenneth Mansfield;61758 wrote:

How would you blazon this? Would it be Per bend sinister bendy of eight 1) Or and Gules and 2) Azure and Or?


I don’t think you need the numbers as you would naturally describe the top first.  I also think it could be per bend sinister, bendy of 8 or and gules, bendy of 8 azure and or, though I think you suggestion is cleaner.

 
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05 August 2008 17:07
 

kimon;59668 wrote:

What do the wolves have in their mouths?


Probably the wolves have moors’ heads in their mouths.  Time to revise these arms…

 
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05 August 2008 17:20
 

I would suggest a slogan:

Say no to racism! Keep the moors’ heads in the coat-of-arms!

 
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05 August 2008 17:21
 

Marcus K;61669 wrote:

http://www.ejercito.mde.es/personal/simbo_unifor/simbolo/escudos_armas/escudos/cg_jcisat_esc.gif

The Head of the Information and Telecomunications Systems. The Santiago Cross denotes subordination to the General Staff. The Atom model denotes the Information Systems and the Diode the Telecomunications Systems. The Star denotes Technical Support. The CoA was approved on 14 November 2005.

 


I’d be curious to see a blazon for this fella.

Is the ‘outline’ of the Santiago cross officially blazoned as ‘or’, or did the artist

make a decision to depict it as such for the sake of clarity?

 
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05 August 2008 17:22
 

Michael Y. Medvedev;61764 wrote:

I would suggest a slogan:

Say no to racism! Keep the moors’ heads in the coat-of-arms!

However it rather seems that the stuff in wolfes’ mouths is not the heads. Too small for sheeps which would be otherwise almost obvious. Maybe baby wolfes carefully transported by parents?

 
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05 August 2008 17:26
 

kimon;59668 wrote:

What do the wolves have in their mouths?

egerland;61762 wrote:

Probably the wolves have moors’ heads in their mouths.  Time to revise these arms…


The wolves have a lamb in their mouths

 
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06 August 2008 05:27
 

Mark Olivo;61765 wrote:

I’d be curious to see a blazon for this fella.

Is the ‘outline’ of the Santiago cross officially blazoned as ‘or’, or did the artist

make a decision to depict it as such for the sake of clarity?


The arms are blazoned in Spanish as

 

"En campo de púrpura, Cruz de Santiago perfilada de oro, acompañada en la diestra por cuatro órbitas electrónicas de oro, en la siniestra por un electrodo con dos rayos salientes de oro y en la punta por estrella de cinco puntas perfilada de sable (negro)."

 

On a purpure field a Santiago Cross fimbriated Or accompanied on the dexter side of four electronic orbits Or and on the sinister side one electrode of two flashes Or and in base a star of five points [Or] profiled Sable.

 
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06 August 2008 10:35
 

Marcus K;61777 wrote:

The arms are blazoned in Spanish as

"En campo de púrpura, Cruz de Santiago perfilada de oro, acompañada en la diestra por cuatro órbitas electrónicas de oro, en la siniestra por un electrodo con dos rayos salientes de oro y en la punta por estrella de cinco puntas perfilada de sable (negro)."

 

On a purpure field a Santiago Cross fimbriated Or accompanied on the dexter side of four electronic orbits Or and on the sinister side one electrode of two flashes Or and in base a star of five points [Or] profiled Sable.


The "Santiago Cross" is red by definition?  In other words, it would bear a different name if coloured green or blue?  If so, I understand the "fimbriation".  I don’t like it, but I understand it.

 
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06 August 2008 14:19
 

Yes a Santiago Cross appears to be red by default, this is from the insignia of the Order of Santiago (St. James). The Order was religious-military organisation (much like similar organizations in the Holy Land) who fought against the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. Following the death of its grandmaster Alonso de Cárdenas in 1493 the Order was united to the Crown of Spain.