embattled and wavy

 
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29 May 2016 11:12
 

If both sides of a fess were embattled we would call it "embattled-counter-embattled" if the lines were in sync, or "bretessé" if they were opposed.

A fess wavy would be drawn with the lines in sync.  How would one be blazoned if the lines were opposed?

 
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29 May 2016 17:23
 

Interesting question!  A similar question popped up on Facebook aearlier this week, without a good answer (unless I missed it) - hopefully someone here will know!

Are the arms you show real - and if so, who/what/when/where-?  My first impression was someone or something Hawaiian, but the colors aren’t quite right…

 
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29 May 2016 18:41
 

And ‘why’?

 
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29 May 2016 19:02
 

These arms are being design by a new "College of Arms" for the Principality of Sealand.  I was asked to help with the blazoning, but I have to admit that I’m a bit stumped on the ‘wavy’ pale.  Hopefully someone here has seen it before wink

I like the challenge.

 
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29 May 2016 21:05
 

Leaving aside the issue of Sealand or similar DIY mini-states, the apparent (to me) logic for this unusual form of pale would seem to be, to better accommodate the Trident on the pale than a traditional pale wavy; though a plain pale (straight lines) would serve the same purpose.  I’m guesding, however, that some form of wavy would be more Sealandish (just made that up!) than a plain pale.

I don’t dislike this odd pale, just haven’t seen it before and can’t find a name for it.  If there is an acceptable way to blazon it, it might develop a following.

 
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31 May 2016 16:43
 

Couldn’t you simply blazon it "a pale wavy-counter-wavy"?

 
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01 June 2016 01:48
 

Turns out you’re right - I googled a bit & found an example on the TIOH site for the 345th Quartermaster Bn - a bit busy but a clear example, both blazoned and emblazoned, as a pale wavy counter wavy with various doodads on the field and the pale.  You win the prize!