Boars in heraldry

The boar was used as an emblem in some instances during antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (i.e. predating the development of classical European heraldry).

This is reflected in the boar helmets worn in battle, attested in archeological records and both Old English and Old Norse written sources.

The boar is closely associated with Freyr and has also been proposed to be a totemic animal to the Swedes, in particular the Yngling royal dynasty who ruled at a cultic centre for the god.

The motif had, in 1415, been used as the coat of arms of the Serbian Despotate and is recalled in one of Stefan Lazarević's personal Seals, according to the paper Сабор у Констанци.

The Buzic noble family of Bohemia used a boar's head as heraldic device from the 14th century, later (as Zajíc) combined with a hare.

[4] Modern rulers who have used the boar's head as part of their coats of arms include Joseph Bonaparte and Joachim Murat.

The O’Hanlon family coat of arms features a boar and was used as the Standard Bearer for Orior (present day Ulster).

Some Irish Keating families have been granted arms containing a boar going through a holly bush to symbolize toughness and courage[citation needed].

Three boars' heads appear in the coats of arms of the related clans Swinton, Gordon, Nesbitt and Urquhart.

In Spain, the coats of arms of the noble families Garmendia, Urraga, Urrutia, Urieta and Urmeneta have a boar.

The name of the city, which was first mentioned in writing in 1206, refers to the word "Malacka" which means "piglet" in the Hungarian (Magyar) language.

The Lorne Scots, a Canadian Army Infantry regiment use the Boar's Head as a symbol due to their affiliation with Clan Campbell.

The Royal insignia of the Vijayanagara kings spots 4 elements – Sun, Moon, Dragger and Boar.
On the Norwegian "Kongshornet" (The King's Horn) the coat of arms of the old Galte-clan can be seen before it became " Galtung " in the times of Danish superiority over Norway . The horn is currently in a Danish collection in Copenhagen, and they've refused Norway's request to return it. [ 1 ] The coat of arms would have been a golden or silver (in the sagas "radiant") boar symbolizing Ynglinga on a blue background, along a shell symbolizing the sea or Christian pilgrimage. [ citation needed ]
A Roman Antefix roof tile showing the boar badge and standard of the Twentieth Legion
The Swiss Saubanner as depicted in the Berner Schilling (1480s)
Coat of arms of Malacky in Slovakia .
Heraldic boars on the memorial to Alexander Nisbet in the Greyfriars Kirk , Edinburgh .
Detail from the Rous Roll showing King Richard III in the centre with his wife Anne Neville on the left and his son Edward, Prince of Wales on the right. Showing his various heraldic crests (St Edward the Confessor, England, Wales, France, Ireland, etc.) and his white boar badge, with the Warwick bear of his wife.
Serbian Triballi boar on the Large coat of arms of Voždovac
A wild boar, as shown on the canting coat of arms of Eberbach , Germany (1976 design)