|
Join us at The Clan and Family Gathering in Edinburgh on 25 July 2009 ... and the first Durie Family Gathering on Sunday 26th New Durie DNA Project unveiled Rossend Castle Single Malt Whisky available
|
THE HERALDIC MEANING OF THE HELMET
The helmet in Heraldry indicates rank and has a complex set of rules associated with it
 | A King or Queen and Princes of the blood have a barred helmet Or (gold) facing affronty (to the front) |
| A peer has a helmet of Argent (silver) with a grille of five bars Or (gold) and faces dexter (to its right, the viewer's left) |
| Knights and Baronets (a sort of hereditary knighthood) have steel helmets placed affronty (facing front) with the visor raised |
| Esquires and gentlemen (people of no noble rank, in other words) have a barrel helmet of steel, the Esquire's garnished with gold |
visitors