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merlette

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Blazon

Losangé d'or et de sable; au chef de gueules chargé de trois merlettes d'argent (ou au chef d'argent chargé d'un lion issant de gueules)

Tinctures

argent (charge)
gueules (ordinary)
or (field)
sable (field)

Charges

chef (ordinary)
merlette (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "or",
      "category": "metal"
    },
    "partition": "losangé",
    "sub_fields": [
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "or",
          "category": "metal"
        }
      },
      {
        "tincture": {
          "name": "sable",
          "category": "colour"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chef",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "gueules",
        "category": "colour"
      },
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "verb": "chargé",
          "count": 3,
          "tincture": {
            "name": "argent",
            "category": "metal"
          },
          "charge_name": "merlette"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "is_compound": true
}
Source : rietstap

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