Achievement (heraldry)

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Outline of coat of arms
Achievement elements
Heraldic achievement forming the Garter plate of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset(d.1444), KG, St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The earliest garter plate with supporters.[1] It includes the badge of an ostrich feather, here shown as a pair, blazoned: feather argent pen gobonne argent and azure

An achievement (or armorial achievement or heraldic achievement) in heraldry is a full display of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled.[2] It can include not only the coat of arms itself, but also: the crest; a torse; mantling; the appropriate helm, coronet or crown; the supporters (who may or may not be depicted on a compartment); the motto; and in some cases the symbol of an order.

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  1. ^ Planche, J.R., Pursuivant of Arms, 1851, p.xx
  2. ^ Boutell, Charles & Charles Fox-Davies, Arthur (1914), The handbook to English heraldry, Reeves & Turner, p. 100, "Achievement, or Achievement of Arms. Any complete composition of Arms." 

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