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.

Design and imagery of the An Tir arms/badges have been provided by Torric inn Bjorn, "Artist Unknown" and/or the An Tir Web Team.

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)

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

Mundane description: The background is a gold (or yellow) and silver (or white) checkerboard, the lion head upon it is black, and the border is also black.

The lion's eyes and tongues may be colored as deemed appropriate; it is not officially defined. They are commonly presented as gules, or red.

Populace Fieldless Badge

Another Populace Badge (click to see slightly larger version

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

Mundane Description: This badge can be displayed on any color background (the fieldless designates it as not officially having one). The lion's head is black and faces towards the right (contourny). The tufts of hair (furry bits) hanging down at the end of the neck are important to the design; it will not be correctly displayed if they are "cut off" or drawn with straight lines. Likewise, the head should always be facing to the right.

As with the Badge with border, the teeth, eyes and tongue may be colored as deemed appropriate; it is not officially defined. The tongue and eyes are commonly presented as gules, or red, while the teeth are presented as argent, or silver/white.

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

Flag Ensign

Blazon: Checky Or and argent, a dexter tierce sable.

Mundane description: 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 overall shape of the flag should be square or slightly taller than wide. The gold/yellow and silver/white squares must start with a gold/yellow square in the top left corner.

Notably, the ensign was specifically designed to be easy to sew.

The image on the right shows the front of the ensign; the image on the left shows the front and back from left to right. 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 (e.g., the head of a lance, as a small flag on top of a pavilion, etc). It is not to be used as a design for a tabard or gown, to be painted on a box, or as anything other than a flag. It can be used as the first element next to the hoist in a personal standard to show kingdom allegiance.