armorial bearing

An achievement, armorial achievement or heraldic achievement (historical: hatchment) in heraldry is a full display of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled. An achievement comprises not only the armorials themselves displayed on the Escutcheon, the central element, but also the following elements surrounding it:

• Crest placed atop a:
• Torse (or Cap of Maintenance as a special honour)
• Mantling
• Helm of appropriate variety; if holder of higher rank than a baronet, issuing from a:
• Coronet or Crown (not used by baronets), of appropriate variety.
• Supporters (if the bearer is entitled to them, generally in modern usage not baronets), which may stand on a Compartment)
• Motto, if possessed
• Order, if possessed
• Badge, if possessed