Clarification on Orientation of Charge in Crest/Coat of Arms
Hi,
I'm hoping to have a family crest/coat of arms adorned to a gift for my family, who's a geneaology buff, however I'm unsure of the correct design.
Namely, I've been leafing through some files and search results to clarify the orientation of an eagle's leg in the design of the crest.
One of our ancestors drew it as "claws to chief" in the mid-1800s however this doesn't align with the description in "Fairbairn's book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland" (if I'm reading it correctly) nor tradition, which I believe implies it should be "foot to base" (as the eagle is a bird rather than a beast).
Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
Excerpt from Fairbairn's: "Robert Jocelyn. of Castle Waller, co. Tipperary, Ireland, out of a ducal coronet or, an eagle's leg and thigh erect gu., in front of a plume of five ostrich-feathers, alternately arg. and az. Honor et Veritas"
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