inescutcheon
Britishnoun
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It is borne on an inescutcheon upon the arms of the Duke of Wellington as an augmentation.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
Argent, a pale, gules, over all an inescutcheon or, a mullet sable.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
George III., till 1816:—The arms indicated in the diagram, No. 430, the inescutcheon ensigned with an electoral bonnet.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
A term applied to a single inescutcheon placed upon and in the centre of a larger escutcheon.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
Queen Victoria, King Edward VII., and King George V.:—The same as No. 430, but without the inescutcheon, the four quarters being marshalled as on the Royal Standard, No. 416.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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