Portal talk:Heraldry/DYK Archive
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If you have interesting facts from articles created or significantly expanded within the last month which would be suitable for the Did you know section of the Heraldry and Vexillology Portal, feel free to list them below. These may be used the next time this section is updated (on the first of the month if not more frequently). Alternatively you can be bold and update the Did you know section yourself. Click here to edit Portal:Heraldry/Did you know. Make sure to copy old entries which you replace to Portal:Heraldry/DYK Archive.
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- ...that the pursuivant Thomas Hawley (pictured) was captured and detained before the Battle of Flodden, but released before the fighting started?
- ...that the Flag of Federal Territory, Malaysia, was adopted on May 23, 2006?
- ...that Marcus Vulson de la Colombière, a French heraldist of the 17th century, was involved in a dispute with Silvester Petra Sancta over who invented the method of hatching to indicate heraldic tinctures?
- ...that the Pennon, one of the principal varieties of flag carried during the Middle Ages, derives its name from the Latin penna, meaning wing?
- ...that Richmond Herald, Lawrence Dalton, embezzled tabards from the Royal Household in 1547?
