Most people use the expression "Coat of Arms" quite indiscriminately to indicate either a shield, or the crest, or else the whole heraldic achievement, which is the shield with all its adjuncts, and in the last two cases the term "Coat of Arms" is wrong. The correct expression for the whole thing is the "Achievement".
      An Armorial Achievement normally consists of the following SIX BASIC PARTS:
1) the shield
2) the helmet
3) the mantling or lambrequin
4) the wreth or torse
5) the crest
6) the motto

      To these basic parts there might be added, by reason of rank or honour, any or all of the following extra parts or additions:
a) a cap of maintenance, or chapeau
b) a crest coronet
c) a compartment
d) a coronet of rank (in case of peers)
e) the insignia of Orders of Chivalry

      From this it can be seen that a complete Armorial Achievement (otherwise called the Armorial Bearings) may be a very complex and ornamental thing.
      From the samples given below herewith, you are invited to choose a certain type of the mantling and a certain type of the helmet which you would wish to have depicted in your Armorial Achievement.
      Please let us know about your choice via e-mail in the following way, for example: "I would like to have a Tilting helmet with an Oak mantling".
      Of course, you will understand that you can indicate whatever types you choose.

Some Samples of the Mantlings We Use





Some Samples of the Helmets We Use




Click here to contact Commander Yegorov:

armorial@yandex.ru
or
vyegorov@armorial.kirov.ru

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