Crest

Portrait of Emperor Constantine on the front of a silver - medallions , characterized in Ticinum (now Pavia), 313 , at the crest a Christogram

Coat of arms of the district of Dithmarschen (since 1559). Blazon : "In red on a silver galloping horse with a golden saddle , golden bridle and blue saddlecloth , a rider with golden armor, swinging a silver sword over his head with a silver plume."

A plume is originally a jewelry made of feathers , animal skins or horsehair , and later its stylized imitation by other materials, mostly as a rank insignia on military used, soldierly used helmets.

Historical examples and representations

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  Etruscan crested helmet , around the turn of the ages

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  Crista transversa on the helmet of a centurion , end of the 2nd century

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  Governor Boki of Oahu and his wife Liliha , drawnby John Hayter in 1824 . Boki wears a plume made of feathers .

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  Louis-Bonaparte in the uniform of a dragoon colonel with a horsehair crest , painted by Charles Jalabert in 1852

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  Helmet of an Austro-Hungarian dragoon, 19th century

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  French dragoon helmet, 19th century

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  Holder for the ornament on a closed visor helmet , 1890

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  Coat of arms of Albert and Heinrich Varrentrapp, 1908 : The coat of arms is repeated as a helmet bush on the tip of the helmet .

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  Officer Helmet ( Pickelhaube ) of the first body- the Baden Grenadier -Regiments with Parade Haarbusch, World War I

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  Wuerttemberg officer's helmet with plume, First World War

See also

• Feather headdress
• Helmet gem
• Phrygian helmet (tip sloping forward or overhanging, similar to the Phrygian cap )
• Caterpillar helmet
• Late antique comb helmet
• Tatemono