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platypus
Posted: 19 Nov 2012, 18:51
by steven harris
To anyone's knowledge, has a platypus even been used in heraldry (as a charge, crest, supporter, &c) ?
I post this under "Australasian Heraldry", as that seems logical, but I won't eschew answers from other lands
Re: platypus
Posted: 19 Nov 2012, 21:09
by Arthur Radburn
There's an example in Australian naval heraldry : the ship's badge of HMAS
Platypus :
http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-platypus-i
Re: platypus
Posted: 20 Nov 2012, 16:17
by Ryan Shuflin
do you know the blazon?
Re: platypus
Posted: 20 Nov 2012, 18:20
by JMcMillan
Ryan Shuflin wrote:do you know the blazon?
Just a wild guess, but how about "Vert a platypus Or"?
Re: platypus
Posted: 20 Nov 2012, 20:31
by Chris Green
Statant?
Re: platypus
Posted: 21 Nov 2012, 03:00
by JMcMillan
Chris Green wrote:Statant?
Necessary?
Re: platypus
Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 06:37
by Chris Green
We seem to have had a problem with duplicate and lost posts on this thread.
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JMcMillan wrote:Chris Green wrote:Statant?
Necessary?
I replied some days ago: Could be
naiant.
Re: platypus
Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 16:50
by Ryan Shuflin
well, if naiant means swimming, I don't think that is likely because of the position of legs and tail.
I would blazon it Vert, a platypus statant bendwise sinister bill towards base and tail embowed Or Does that seem right?
Re: platypus
Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 20:48
by Chris Green
The platypus should correctly be blazoned either statant (if on land) or naiant (if in swimming mode). In HMAS Platypus' case it would be statant.