Portal:Heraldry/DYK
Did you know...
- ...that the Alamogordo Museum of History owns a rare 47-star U.S. flag, thought to have been made in 1912 to celebrate the entry of New Mexico into the United States?
- ...that Rodney Dennys left his career in the British intelligence service to become an officer of arms?
- ...that the cross in the coat of arms of Colchester represents the True Cross, as discovered by Saint Helena of Constantinople, the patron saint?
- ...that the United Nations Honour Flag was designed as a symbol of the Allies of World War II at the suggestion of Winston Churchill?
- ...that Rideau was the first Canadian company to be granted its own coat of arms by the Canadian Heraldic Authority?