Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Brooch

See also: Brooch in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Closed Brooch (1) §

A fastener used to secure a belt.

No default orientation. No proper coloration.

Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist: Unknown. (Arms of Wallenrode, folio 283, shown rotated by 45° to form a lozenge.)

Closed Brooch (2) §

A decorative pin or fastener for clothing, shown with its pin piercing the field. No default orientation. No proper coloration.

Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist: Unknown. (Arms of Wallenrode, folio 283, shown rotated by 45° to form a lozenge.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Closed Brooch (3) §

A decorative pin or fastener for clothing, shown with its pin piercing the field.

No default orientation. No proper coloration.

Source: Siebmacher’s Wappenbuch of 1605. Artist: Johann Siebmacher. (Arms of von Zedlitz, page 71.)

Closed Brooch (4) §

A decorative pin or fastener for clothing, shown with its pin piercing the field.

No default orientation. No proper coloration.

Source: Sledgehamster. Artist: Grimwulf Harland.