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It will be evident that a Badge may be the very same figure or device as a Crest; but, it must be remembered that a Badge always differs from a Crest, in usually being altogether without crest-wreath or coronet, in consequence of having no connection whatever with the knightly helm.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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1522 -- _Az., a lion rampt. queue fourchée erm., crowned or_ -- is encircled by _peach-branches fructed and in foliage, each peach being charged with the letter É_, No. 297; the crest-wreath also is formed of a similar peach-branch.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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