In medieval countries with a monarchy, the king would bestow a family crest or coat of arms on higher-class families and his knights. The coats of arms were displayed on knights’ armor ...

The first time I saw the crest, I was nine. I understood what was being explained to me—that the coat of arms belonged to the ... The Rapoport Family A Rapoport family photo, taken in Poland ...

But it was an heirloom to a family who changed the Tudor world. The spoon is engraved with the arms of a famous ... which appears in the Gilbert family crest. Tudor spoons were often made in ...