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'''English:''' Upon a cross potent and a saltire potent all Or, An escutcheon Gules.
'''Symbolism:''' The '''overall badge''' aims to parody and ridicule the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camp_badge#/media/File:Red_triangle_jew.svg badge imposed by Nationalist regime on Jewish Socialists] during the Second World War, as a statement of the armiger's action against fachism and antisemetism. The '''escutcheon Gules''' references the arms of [https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Douai Douai (Nord,France)] from which the patrilineal line of the ariger'sarmiger originates; it's also a blood-stained shield symbolising the sacrifices to be made in order to achieve one's ambition and ideal. The '''cross potent''' is a reference to Jerusalem and Godfried van Bouillon. As one of the Nine Worthies, Godfried represents a certain ideal of chivalry, he is also a symbol of the might of the house of Vlaanderen. Jerusalem being the holy city, it's a reminder of the Armiger's faith. together with '''the saltire potent, the cross potent''' becomes a wheel to rebuild the Holy Temple but also the wheel worn by the Jews of the Venetian ghetto, a contrasting symbol for the hopes and struggles of the Jewish people. The '''colour scheme''' alludes to the arms of the family Van Outryve from which the armiger descends through his mother. '''Gules''' is a potent tincture, representing both love and anger, life and death, making it an ambiguous yet always striking colour, red was also the colour of wedding day for the medieval peasantry (usually being their most beautiful clothes), signifying the humble background of the armiger's family. '''Or''' is present to remind of the colour Jews were forced to wear to identify themselves but also as the colour of gold and light, giving hope to this badge that tries to show light through the hardship of several oppressed communities.
== Badge of allegiance ==
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