A lozengy field, in the arms of the former urban district council of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

The lozenge in heraldry is a diamond-shaped charge (an object that can be placed on the field of the shield), usually somewhat narrower than it is tall. It is to be distinguished in modern heraldry from the fusil, which is like the lozenge but narrower, though the distinction has not always been as fine and is not always observed even today. A mascle is a voided lozenge-- that is, a lozenge with a lozenge-shaped hole in the middle-- and the rarer rustre is a lozenge containing a circular hole. A field covered in a pattern of lozenges is described as lozengy; a similar field of mascles is masculy. Arms of Eastwood Urban District Council. ... Arms of Eastwood Urban District Council. ... This page is about the town of Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... In heraldry the background of the shield is called the field . ...

The lozenge has for many centuries been particularly associated with women as a vehicle for the display of their coats of arms (instead of the escutcheon or shield). In modern English and Scottish, but not Canadian, heraldry, the arms of an unmarried woman and of widows are usually shown on a lozenge rather than an escutcheon, without crest or helm. An oval or cartouche is occasionally also used instead of the lozenge for such women. In heraldry, the shield is the principal portion of a heraldic achievement or coat of arms. ... In heraldry, the shield is the principal portion of a heraldic achievement or coat of arms. ... In heraldry, a crest is a component of a coat of arms. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Cartouche of the Pharaoh Khufu A cartouche, in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is an oblong enclosure with a vertical line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. ...

A funereal hatchment, on the traditional lozenge-shaped board

Married women, however, always display their arms on a shield (except peeresses in their own right, who use the lozenge for their peerage arms even during marriage). Scottish Shield only on funerary hatchment. ... Scottish Shield only on funerary hatchment. ...

The shield of a married woman (and the lozenge of a widow) may combine her own arms with the arms of her husband, either by impalement side by side or (in the case of a heraldic heiress) in the form of a small "escutcheon of pretence" displaying the wife's arms over a larger shield (or, in the case of a widow, lozenge) of her husband's arms.

This Monegasque flag is "lozengy argent and gules".

As a result of rulings of the English Kings of Arms dated 7 April 1995 and 6 November 1997, married women in England and Wales and in other countries recognising the jurisdiction of the College of Arms in London (such as Australia and New Zealand) also have the option of using their husband's arms alone, marked with a small lozenge as a brisure to show that the arms are displayed for the wife and not the husband, or of using their own personal arms alone, marked with a small shield as a brisure for the same reason. The Flag of Monaco as used in the 1600s File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Monaco Categories: Flag images | Monaco flags and arms ... The Flag of Monaco as used in the 1600s File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Monaco Categories: Flag images | Monaco flags and arms ... 1 Flag ratio: 4:5 (or 2:3); adopted 4 April 1881 The national flag of Monaco has two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; it is similar to the flag of Indonesia, which is longer, and the flag of Poland, which is white (top) and red. ... The Colleges own coat of arms was granted in 1484. ... Cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. ... Cadency is any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. ...

Divorced women may theoretically until remarriage use their ex-husband's arms differenced with a mascle.

The lozenge shape is also used for funereal hatchments for both men and women. Hatchment, properly, in heraldry, an escutcheon or armorial shield granted for some act of distinction or achievement, of which word it is a corruption through such forms as atcheament, achement, hathement, etc. ...