Banking heraldry

[Arthur Radburn]

Some banking heraldry from around the world.

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND


Australia & New Zealand Banking Group

BERMUDA


Bank of Bermuda

CANADA


Bank of Montreal


Bank of Nova Scotia. now known as 'Scotiabank'

ENGLAND


Barclays Bank


Martins Bank (who have a detailed history of the arms on their website)


Westminster Bank

SCOTLAND


Bank of Scotland

SOUTH AFRICA


Standard Bank

We discussed the Bank of Uganda's arms a couple of years ago, so there's no need to repeat them here.

There must be many more examples, so if you have any, please feel free to add them to this thread.

[Martin Goldstraw]

Some banking heraldry from around the world.



Bank of Scotland
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Ah, the good old "chips and peas" .

I do a talk on the arms of the banks that were the predecessors of Martin's Bank. I always hoped that when I became old enough to open a current account it would be with "Martins" Bank and I could have "my" cheque book (for reasons which I hope will be obvious) however, it was not to be. No sooner had I reached 18 than they were swallowed up by Barclays!

[Chris Green]

British Linen Bank (arms granted 1934, once part of the Barclays Bank Group, now part of Bank of Scotland(.

[Chris Green]

Berenberg Bank (of Hamburg).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenberg_Bank

[Arthur Radburn]

It's interesting that the Bank of Scotland's arms have a peer's helmet, and the British Linen Bank's arms a baronet's/knight's helmet. Not something that's done south of the border.

[Chris Green]

Central Bank of Malta

https://www.centralbankmalta.org/coat-of-arms

Note the unusual mantling or plume and knight's helm.

[JMcMillan]

Mellon National Bank used to use the arms employed by the Mellon family: Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a heron Sable; 2nd and 3rd Argent on a chevron Azure between three dexter arms in armor fesswise embowed proper three mullets of six points Argent. It's cast into the bronze plates on the bank's old main building in Pittsburgh, but no longer used, as far as I can tell, by the present company, BNY Mellon. Can't find an emblazonment, unfortunately.

[Chris Green]

Bank of Adelaide, Australia:



http://bkerr.x10.mx/bofa/index.php/en/the-bank-of-adelaide-coat-of-arms

PS: Apologies to Arthur for posting about the Bank of Uganda despite his injunction not to do so! I have deleted the offending post.