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The gold-leaf lion atop this one reflects the influence of European heraldry. The gold triangular forms derive from Muslim protective amulets. Glassell Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ...
New research revealing details of gold coins found aboard a shipwreck off Colombia provides further evidence that the vessel ...
The colors of Mardi Gras first surfaced in New Orleans, but it's not clear why purple, green and gold were chosen. Those colors appeared in 1872 as part of a spectacle honoring the New Orleans ...
So heraldry, too, is a sort of bridge ... Pope St. John Paul II gave us one of the simplest and most memorable coats of arms, with his simple gold cross on a blue field. To clarify the meaning ...
SMDC celebrates 49th MDB heraldry. SMDC History: 49th Missile Defense Battalion (GMD) ... (Gules), orange (Tenné), gold (Or), to green (Vert) and are repeated in reverse along the other side.