Excerpts from the book

HERALDRY OF THE WORLD

Written and illustrated by

Carl Alexander von Volborth , K.St.J., A.I.H.

Copenhagen 1973

Internet version edited by Andrew Andersen, Ph.D.

Augumentations

(p. 54)

An augmentation is an addition, i.e. a supplementary charge which a ruler adds to an already existing coat of arms to honour its bearer. The augmentation often consists of the sovereign's own bearings or a part thereof, or some other national symbol.

281. A chief with the principal charge of Belgium's arms (see p. 80), used as an augmentation by Belgian kings.	283. Another form of augmentation used by the kings of Belgium: a chief made up of the Belgian flag.
282. Augmentation for the Duke of Wellington after his victory over Napoleon: the Union Badge placed as an inescutcheon on Wallington's paternal arms. (The lions in the second and third quarters are usually shown with coronets about their necks.)
284. In 1465 King Louis II of France gave the Italian Piero de' Medici permission to re-place the topmost red roundel in the Medici arms with the arms of France, three gold fleurs-de-lys, set on a blue roundel.
285. The red fess with the badge of the Order signifies that the bearer is a Knight of the Legion of Honour (Napoleon's augmentation for Cuvier, 1811.)	286. Arms of the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. The four fleurs-de- lys are a royal augmentation to the city's original arms.

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