Playing Catch-up

I was reading through my archives and noticed that in the post about my family history, I stated that I would post my coat of arms when I learned how to post pics. I guess I forgot all about that! Well, to remedy the situation, here it is.





As I mentioned in the earlier post, this coat of arms is adapted from the original Hildebrandt coat of arms which is dated back to the beginning of the Medieval Ages. I added the helm and plumes to give it some "punch" as the original design is somewhat plain. Being from the early "Dark Ages", it's no surprise that the design is plain. Those incredibly fancy coats of arms came much later as families combined their once simple designs through marriages and "hostile takeovers"! In order to make this coat of arms truly "mine" I replaced the original stars with maple leaves, to indicate my Canadian nationality, and the original torch with the Irish harp, to honour my wife's birthplace. The harp also signifies my musical heritage as well, although a trumpet would be a better representation of it! LOL!

Well, that's that... all caught up on that score!