Heraldry as art: An account of its development and practice, chiefly in England

by G. W. Eve

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Buckles.—Being important part of military equipment were frequently employed as charges or as badges in allusion to battle occurrences or other notable events. Thus the Badge of the Pelhams commemorates the capture of King John of France at the Battle of Poictiers. Buckles afford some scope for decoration, as in Fig. 240, a fifteenth century example from Westminster Abbey.

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