Kingdom Populace Badges

Those SCAdians of An Tir that wish to show their membership, affiliation or similar may display the Kingdom Populace badges. Anyone may use them to show their An Tirian pride, and they may display these badges on banners, flags, clothing, dishes, furniture, and so on. They belong to the people of An Tir.

An Tir has three populace badges: badge with border, fieldless badge, and flag ensign. The ensign is not truly a badge and must only be used with flags. Heralds and official documents may refer to them by their blazon, or written description.

As with other heraldic arms, the populace badges should be treated with respect. They represent the people of the kingdom, not just the nobility; dishonorable use or display may result in repercussions. Additionally, certain arms may be connected to vendor rights (i.e., certain vendors may have official or legal right to produce items for sale with the arms). Individuals are encouraged to contact their local or the kingdom offices with questions and concerns about the display and use of the badges.

See also: Populace badge of Tir Righ.

Populace Badge with Border

Populace Badge with Border (click to see much larger version)

For heralds: Chequy Or and argent, a lion's head caboshed within a bordure sable.

For non-heralds: the colors are as follows: background is a gold (or yellow) and silver (or white) checkerboard, the lion head is black, and the border is also black. The lion can have whatever colour eyes and tongue you think is appropriate.

Another Populace Badge

Another Populace Badge (click to see slightly larger version

For heralds: (Fieldless) A lion's head erased contourny sable.

For non-heralds: This badge can be displayed on any colour background. The lion's head is black and the furry bits hanging down at the end of the neck are important (don't cut them off or make it a straight line). The head should always be looking to the right. The teeth, eye(s) and tongue can be whatever colour you feel is appropriate.

Visit the An Tir Heralds website for an excellent list of ideas on how to use this badge and more examples of lion heads.

The Ensign

And finally we have the An Tir Ensign. This is a flag that any member of the populace can display.

For heralds: Checky Or and argent, a dexter tierce sable.

Notes: The overall shape of the flag should be square or slightly taller than wide. The black band on the left should be 1/4 to 1/3 of the whole width of the flag, and the checkerboard should be made up of at least three squares across and four down. The gold/yellow and silver/white squares should start with a gold/yellow square in the top left corner.

Our ensign was specifically designed to be easy to sew.

The image at right shows the front of the ensign.

The back of the ensign is a mirror image of the front. The black band is always next to the flagpole.

The ensign may be adapted to a triangular pennon shape where appropriate (for the head of a lance, as a small flag on top of a pavilion, etc). Do not use the ensign as a design for a tabard or gown, to be painted on a box, or as anything other than a flag.