Restricted Charges

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From the Glossary of Terms:

http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html#restricted

Some charges are so closely associated with royal families or specific honors outside the Society that they may not be used in Society armory at all. Examples of these include Azure semy‑de‑lys Or used by France, a Chinese Dragon with five toes used only by Chinese Emperors, or a Tudor Rose. Others have acquired such negative connotations that their registration may cause offense to a significant portion of the population. An example of such is the swastika, because of its association with the Nazis. Such charges are listed in Table 2: Restricted Charges.

Name	Blazon	Symbol of
Red cross	A cross couped gules on an argent background	International Red Cross (protected by international treaty)
Belt strap	A charge within a belt strap	Scottish clan badges, when the belt strap encircles charge(s)
Cross of Coldharbour	a cross throughout (or couped) conjoined to and surmounted by an annulet	white supremacists (per July 2018 CL)
Crowned Harp	A crowned harp	Ireland
Crowned Rose	A crowned [Tudor] rose	England
Crowned Shamrock	A crowned trefoil (or shamrock)	Ireland
Crowned Thistle	A crowned Scottish thistle	Scotland
Flaming Cross	A cross enflamed, or A cross of flames	Ku Klux Klan
France ancient	Azure, semy-de-lis Or	France
France modern	Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or	France
Fylfot	See Swastika
Hand of Glory	On a flame a hand; A hand enflamed	Black magic
Imperial Dragon	A five-toed Chinese dragon	Emperor of China
Japan Emperor	a sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum	Ruler of Japan (added in July 2014 Cover Letter)
Papal Cross	A cross with three cross-pieces in chief	Pope
Pentacle/Pentagram	NOTE: This restriction has been rescinded as of March 2009. A mullet voided and interlaced/ within and conjoined to an annulet	Inverted version perceived as a symbol of black magic and "satanism"; upright version insufficiently different from inverted version
Red Hand of Ulster	A sinister hand appaumy gules on argent canton or inescutcheon	British Baronets
Rose en soleil	A rose with sunbeams emanating	Plantagenet kings of England
Royal Dragon	A four-toed Chinese dragon	Ruler of Korea
Scottish Tressure	A double tressure flory counter-flory	Scottish augmentation; an orle fleury (counter-fleury) is insufficiently different
Swastika	A swastika or a fylfot	Nazi Party (NSDAP)
Triskelion gammadion	A triskelion gammadion	Afrikaaner Weerstandsbeweging, a white supremacist group
Tudor Rose	The combination of a rose argent and a rose gules, whether as a double rose or in some other manner which creates a half-white, half-red rose	Tudors

Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[1]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[2]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[3]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

From the July 2014 Cover Letter: From Wreath: Adding the Japan Emperor mon to the list of restricted charges A submission considered this month was using a charge of a sixteen-petalled lotus affronty which led to discussion about the mon of the emperor of Japan. Discussion brought to light the fact that the current protected form of the mon is not accurately reflecting actual usage. At this point, we are reblazoning it and adding it to the list of restricted charges as a sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2014/07/14-07cl.html

Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - [-- Restricted or Reserved] The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - [and RESTRICTED CHARGES] The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) - The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) -