User:OliverGalvin/Luton/Coat of Arms

I don't know much about Heraldry but I'd like to try to make a free, good quality, vector replacement image for Luton's Coat of Arms, and hopefully learn a bit about heraldry as I go along.

The Original
The non-free image currently in use.

LTFC's logo is based on the same design.

Other images to reference from outside wikipedia:
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 * Wardown Park Gate

Element Sources
Here are some images containing elements that could be useful:


 * Shield outline - closest shape I could find
 * Arm - part of crest, holding bundle of straw
 * Bundle of wheat/grain - looks similar to straw used in crest and top-left of escutcheon
 * More straw
 * Thistle - easy to find, Scottish origins
 * A similar beehive
 * A bee - used in the centre
 * Torse - red and white, below the crest
 * Ribbon
 * White rose
 * Golden rose - the rose stem
 * Grass

I'm missing a similar helmet, and the mantling around the edges.

Colours (tinctures)

 * The outline of the shield is Or (gold)
 * The field (background of shield) is divided into four parts by a white cross (quartered by a cross argent), gules (red) and azure (blue)
 * There's a helmet on top of the shield, and then a blue-sleeved arm holding a bundle of straw as the crest
 * The mantling is a mix of gules and argent

Motto
Scientiae et labori detur.

More information
See its history in the Luton Article.

See the terminology of the elements in the heraldry articles.