Coat of Arms T-shirt?

**BigMikeLV** · 16th March 09, 01:03 PM

Does anyone know of a good online place to buy a Coat of Arms T-Shirt?

**JSFMACLJR** · 16th March 09, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by BigMikeLV

Does anyone know of a good online place to buy a Coat of Arms T-Shirt?

Whose/what coat of arms?

**ChattanCat** · 16th March 09, 02:25 PM

I don't but stick around, someone might.

**Zardoz** · 16th March 09, 02:53 PM

House of Names will put it on anything!

http://www.houseofnames.com/

**macwilkin** · 16th March 09, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Zardoz

House of Names will put it on anything!

http://www.houseofnames.com/

"Bucket Shops" generally do. <sigh>

Caveat emptor when dealing with places that sell "family crests" and coat-of-arms. It's always best to remember that a coat-of-arms belongs to an individual, and not to a specific surname in Scottish, English and Irish heraldic traditions.

Regards,

Todd

**thescot** · 16th March 09, 03:38 PM

Caveat emptor indeed. That's why JSFMACLJR asked of which or what arms you speak.

As long as you know it't not really your arms, I guess it's kind of OK, at least in the US where it's not illegal to wear another's arms. (It is however, very illegal in Scotland, and person's arms are his and his alone."

But . . . without going into too much, if you want a tee shirt with arms, I'd either buy iron on material at any good office supply store and print my own, or go to a local tee shirt printer and have one made.

**BigMikeLV** · 16th March 09, 03:44 PM

I'm looking for my family's Crest on a shirt. NOLAN crest. Like my tattoo.

**gilmore** · 16th March 09, 03:51 PM

Sorry to tell you this, but what you have on your arm is an entire coat of arms, not a crest. The crest is the part above the helmet.

But more importantly, it's not a family coat of arms. There is no such thing, not in British heraldry. A coat of arms is granted to an individual, is inherited by ONE of his heirs, generally according to primogeniture, and are properly displayed by only one person at a time.

**BigMikeLV** · 16th March 09, 03:59 PM

Irish in ancestry.

Going of the information that was gathered and researched.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ry/page1c.html

**JSFMACLJR** · 16th March 09, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by BigMikeLV

Irish in ancestry.

Going of the information that was gathered and researched.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ry/page1c.html

Hmmmm, the old bucket shop history! I note they write: "Each leg of the red cross shows a legendary bird called a Mariet, which is always drawn without feet. The Mariet symbolized great courage and is usually the distinctive mark of a fourth son." Red flags up, for that bird is a martlet, and not a mariet.