Howdy all,
I am transitioning my career path to work in the security industry and was very happy to see the main company I am interested in working for has a very nice emblazonment.
Might they be suitable for nomination for the design award?
Dave
not a bad design. not a bad emblazon given its use of clipart. i wonder of it is any sort of helm on the bend as per any sort of blazon, or, if it is specifically blazoned that shown, a pot/barrel helm? have you sent them an email asking them?
It is nice. I was half expecting to see swords or guns or both. Nice to see a security company use devices for defense rather than of aggression.
Fair use would allow posting the company’s arms here.
Much better than the competition:
http://www.citycareerfair.com/cities/images/LA_Logos/Guardsmark.png
i agree with you both.
Quite nice Arms, but should realy a Helmet on top of the Shield be shown without a crest?
There are examples of a helm displayed with mantling but lacking a crest. Examples can be found from Italy, to mention one, where it was custom to have an escutcheon but not a crest until the more recent centuries.
The families then adopted the shield with helm and mantling layout, but never took the time to devise nor sought a grant of a crest. Perhaps a majority of times, but certainly not always, such old families are ennobled and will have at least a coronet of rank to place atop the torse. I am sure some even take it as an honour to have arms so old they predate crests and proudly leave their helm barren.
add to what Alexander said with what a client told me regarding a tradition (not universally practiced) with members of the knights of the EOHSJ where they did not show their crest, but rather a helm with wreath/torse and mantling in imitation of the Order’s crest of the Holy Crown of Thorns. and reviewing the masterful heraldic artist Laurent Granier’s page will show several examples of this for some of his clients as well.
I hope to hear back from them soon as to if I got the job. I will investigate this further when I get the opportunity.
Dave
xanderliptak;78338 wrote:
There are examples of a helm displayed with mantling but lacking a crest. Examples can be found from Italy, to mention one, where it was custom to have an escutcheon but not a crest until the more recent centuries.
The families then adopted the shield with helm and mantling layout, but never took the time to devise nor sought a grant of a crest. Perhaps a majority of times, but certainly not always, such old families are ennobled and will have at least a coronet of rank to place atop the torse. I am sure some even take it as an honour to have arms so old they predate crests and proudly leave their helm barren.
Well there is of cause different styles as to this use. But at least here in Sweden it is not adviced to use just a Helmet without a Crest.
xanderliptak;78316 wrote:
They seem to have awarded themselves their own order of chivalry! Aside from that, it’s a very nice design, far better than what I would have thought possible for an unassumed coat of arms for a private company.
For reference, compare this with the ‘crest’ as they call it, of a funeral directors, who are located near to where I live. This was the sort of thing I was expecting:
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx157/dancingwombatsrule/crest1.gif
There was a new funeral home that went up near me that has a coat of arms in their logo. I haven’t looked at it very closely but it looks pretty bad. I’ll have to swing by and take a picture for you guys to see it. What’s with funeral homes and having coat of arms? haha
