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The astral crown is a gold
crown A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, parti ...
surmounted with eight low points. The centrals and laterals points are topped with a star, with an unspecified number of points, between two wings. In
heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, Imperial, royal and noble ranks, rank and genealo ...
, an astral crown is mounted atop the shields of coats of arms of units belonging to some
air forces #REDIRECT Air force An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct ...
or the personal arms of its distinguished commanders. Its creation became necessary after the founding of the
Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
in the UK, because there was no Roman military award device for aerial warfare equivalent to the naval crown for navies and the camp crown for armies. Some air forces in other countries have adopted variants of the astral crown.


Gallery

File:Coat of arms of the Chilean Air Force.svg, An astral crown in the coat of arms of the
Chilean Air Force The Chilean Air Force () is the air force of Chile and branch of the Chilean military. History The first step towards the current FACh is taken by Lieutenant Colonel, Teniente Coronel training as a pilot in France. Although a local academy was c ...
File:207sqnatc.jpg, Astral crown in the crest of No. 207 (Cranfield) Squadron
Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British Youth organisations in the United Kingdom, volunteer youth organisation; aligned to, and fostering the knowledge and learning of military values, primarily focusing on military aviation. Part of the ...
File:Brasao ba1.png, The
Portuguese Air Force The Portuguese Air Force () is the air force, aerial warfare force of Portugal. Locally it is referred to by the acronym FAP but internationally is often referred to by the acronym PRTAF. It is the youngest of the three branches of the Portuguese ...
variant of the astral crown in the coat of arms of the Sintra Air Base File:Armorial Bearings of British Airways.svg, An astral crown in the coat of arms of
British Airways British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main Airline hub, hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and pass ...
File:Coat of Arms of Cranfield University.svg, An astral crown in crest in the coat of arms of
Cranfield University Cranfield University is a postgraduate-only public research university in the United Kingdom that specialises in science, engineering, design, technology and management. Cranfield was founded as the College of Aeronautics (CoA) in 1946. Throug ...


See also

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Crown (heraldry) A crown is often an emblem of a sovereign state, usually a monarchy (see The Crown), but also used by some republics. A specific type of crown is employed in heraldry under strict rules. Indeed, some monarchies never had a physical Crown (headg ...
* Camp crown * Celestial crown *
Mural crown A mural crown () is a Crown (headgear), crown or headpiece representing city walls, fortified tower, towers, or fortresses. In classical antiquity, it was an emblem of tutelary deities who watched over a city, and among the ancient Rome, Romans ...
* Naval crown *
Heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, Imperial, royal and noble ranks, rank and genealo ...
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Military aviation Military aviation is the design, development and use of military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift (air cargo) capacity to provide military logistics, logist ...


References


''Heraldic Headgear, American Heraldry Society''

''Astral Crown definition''
''Merrian Webster''. *Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909

''Chapter XXIII: Crest, Coronets and Chapeaux''. Astral Crowns in heraldry Military heraldry Military aviation {{heraldry-stub