Charges By Category

Drawshield supports many hundreds of charges, including all of the most common to be found in traditional Heraldry, and more are being added all the time. The charges are listed by their most common name, however it should also be noted that DrawShield also recognises plurals, alternative names and spelling variations for many of the charges, in addition to those shown here.

I have arranged the available charges into fairly arbitrary categories, you can see all the charges contained in each category by following the links below.

Charge Categories

• Alchemical Symbols
• Other Animals
• Annulets in Various Arrangements
• Buildings and Architectural Features
• Armour and Helmets
• Astronomical Symbols
• Axes
• Bears and Bear Heads
• Birds, Feathers and Wings
• Celestial Objects
• Characters Charges
• Christian Symbols and Items
• Clothing and Headwear
• Craft Items
• Named Crosses
• Crowns and Coronets
• Custom Charges
• Dogs
• Dragons and Wyverns
• Eagle Charges
• Emblems and Symbols
• Farm Related Items
• Fire and Flames
• Fish Charges
• Flowers and Roses
• Manufactured Food
• Home Furnishings
• Game Animals
• Game Boards and Pieces
• Simple Shapes
• Hawking and Hunting Birds
• Household Items
• Humans and Body Parts
• Insects and Other Small Creatures
• Jewellery and Precious Stones
• Knots and Cords
• Label Charges
• Heraldic Lions
• Livestock Animals
• Steampunk and Other Post-mediaeval Charges
• Mullets of Varying Points
• Musical Instruments
• Mythical Creatures
• Natural Phenomena
• Norse / Viking / Celtic Items
• Plants
• Playing Cards
• Prehistoric Items
• Projectile Weapons
• Symmetrical Crosses
• Retro-scifi Extension
• Sea Creatures
• Snakes and Serpents
• Ships, Boats and Ship Parts
• Shogun and Japanese Symbols
• Special Charges
• Sporting Items Extension
• Swords and Daggers
• Tack and Saddlery
• Tools
• Trees and Fruits
• Utensils
• Vegetables
• Warhammer Symbols
• Weapons
• British Wildlife
• Zodiacal Symbols