| Until 1917, the male-line descendants of Queen Victoria bore the arms of Saxony on an inescutcheon over the royal arms. |
| In the last-named plate an inescutcheon bears four important dates in the history of the state of Maine. |
| The difference may be noted between this figure and the next, which shows an inescutcheon within a bordure. |
| An orle is a perforated inescutcheon, and usually takes the shape of the shield whereon it is placed. |
| In German and Scottish armory the inescutcheon bears the symbols of the paternal side, but in English heraldry it is used to carry the arms of an heiress wife. |
| This inescutcheon was surmounted by the Electoral cap, for which a crown was substituted later when Hanover became a kingdom. |
