What is a Shield?

What is a Shield? Image

A family surname shield is also called an ‘escutcheon’ or ‘Arms’ and is the main component of a coat of arms, sometimes wrongly called a ‘family crest’.

Anciently, a shield was armour held on the arm or close to the body and was used to protect a soldier or …

Surnames Coats of Arms (Family Crests) [M-R] Shields Listing

You can order your choice of surname or spelling variant here (as a non-instant download). For coats of arms (or ‘family crest’) images, please see this page.

If your chosen surname doesn’t appear we probably still have the name, including different spelling variants of the name. Please contact …

Surnames Coats of Arms (Family Crests) [G-L] Shields Listing

You can order your choice of surname or spelling variant here (as a non-instant download). For coats of arms (or ‘family crest’) images, please see this page.

If your chosen surname doesn’t appear we probably still have the name, including different spelling variants of the name. Please contact …

Surnames Coats of Arms (Family Crests) [A-F] Shields Listing

You can order your choice of surname or spelling variant here (as a non-instant download). For coats of arms (or ‘family crest’) images, please see this page.

If your chosen surname doesn’t appear we probably still have the name, including different spelling variants of the name. Please contact …

Irish Coats of Arms (Family Crests) Surname Shields Listing

You can order your choice of surname or spelling variant here (as a non-instant download). For coats of arms (or ‘family crest’) images, please see this page.

If your chosen surname doesn’t appear we probably still have the name, including different spelling variants of the name. Please contact …