It has been suggested that either Duke John himself, or his brother Eric XIV, was leading the design work on the heraldic signs on the tomb.

'Barely audible, Kittykins,' Laura confided, putting on a brave show of a scarlet hat and a velvet coat stamped with heraldic signs in gold.

The lion passant is a visible heraldic sign of the royal favour.

The first heraldic signs were used by kings as a personal mark to identify himself.

Advances utilized a complex system of symbolism, allegories, heraldic signs, and sumptuous ornamentation.

They wore caparisons, a type of ornamental cloth featuring the owner's heraldic signs.

Von Numers designed several communal coats of arms (including the Coat of arms of Jakobstad), military banners and personal and family heraldic signs.

Other popular motifs included the Boleslawiec emblem, the potter's emblem of Adam and Eve, heraldic signs, and nature motifs like florals and birds.

They were used in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, initially as a rulers' personal insignia, a state symbol, and later as a part of heraldic signs of leading aristocracy.