European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              By James Gunter is Munich Bureau chief a Munich heraldry expert says most to persons who pay $10 for a copy of in family coat of arms to hang ii Theill probably have no right to do so and some places could even be slapped Ina for it. It would be More honest if a manmade up his own family Symbol from Cratch said. Kenneth Smith usar or special services entertainment i Ector who has collected and studied Oats of arms As a Hobby for years. If you Are English or of English descent you Are entitled to arms if you an prove direct descent through then ale line from someone whose coat of arms is officially recorded at the colleges arms in London he said. It s possible to get sued for an unauthorized use of a family Emblem and in Scotland a person can be jailed for  court of chivalry was called in Manchester England in 1955 because a Iii sic Hall had displayed the coat of v is of the City Over its proscenium Smith said. It was the first time 200 years that such a court had been eld. They forced the music Hall to Lestroy the coat of arms and fined  Coats of arms often mis called family crests were awarded to the Heads of families by monarchs. The prac Tice flourished during the Middle Ages put the Queen of England still passes outline jealously guarded symbols the Crest was the Emblem worn on is helmet by a Knight Smith said. This Crest was made a part of the Coati arms which was displayed on the night s shield and on the sur coat that levered his Armor to keep it from rusting did from getting too hot in the  . Array has its own heraldry i course and a shoulder Patch is Wornor the identical purpose As Coats of arms vere worn. We now have heraldry exerts in the Pentagon who must approve ill emblems and patches used by their med  Smith from Saginaw mich., became interested in heraldry when he came to wrote 10 years ago Asah assistant entertainment director at la Rochelle 1 Ranee. He has collected books and material and belongs to the British heraldry society but insists that he has in interest in his own family  it makes a Good Hobby because i can pursue it alone said Smith a Beck dior my Job deals with hundreds of " Faily and this is an Antithesis. I.,.pe is involved and i can take Ray.  and reflect on the history and Artt  Smith sees heraldry everywhere in Nak Speare s plays churches even in Pross houses. He says National syn pois such As an Eagle or a Bear Are in of inject  has lived by symbols from the one he said. Some say heraldry Back to the beginning of time in a duals have always had symbols Oren ners. The orientals have heraldry out u is not As rigid and does Noti the Feudal Structure of that in the. Geometric designs in a coat of is Are called ordinaries and the Fig 1968 Kenneth Smith on Coats of arms it s possible to get sued for an unauthorized use of a family Emblem. Curative symbols Are called charges he said. The direction in which the Crest is faced is important. The Crest May be shown on top of an animal s head. If the head faces to the front in Stead of to the Side then it denotes a person of higher rank. If the Crest i shown on a helmet of Armor which faces to the front with visor open then the bearer is of Royal  family Coats were sometimes Rede signed when members of important fam Ilies married and heraldry became extremely complicated with the years Smith said. The heralds of England will still Check on a family coat of arms for you. Coats of arms were usually developed in the villages around castles and took their emblems from those of the , who has studied and worked in the theater since receiving his Educa Tion at the University of Michigan once researched Coats of arms used in a production of Man of a  he has designed several Coats of arms for friends and has collected patches from cities All Over Europe some of them Oats of arms and some phoney Balo Nies he sews them on a Lap  arms of Bavaria hang in a win Dow of his apartment at Mcgraw Ca sern. He also collects coins and finds Cross references Between them and her Aldry. Smith sees heraldry everywhere. Even crested coins offer Crow references. The stars and stripes Page 13