Does any one know what bars and bezants mean on a family crest?

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without knowing the country, etc., it is difficult to give you a reliable answer. One of the links here might have the solution.

I encourage you to read the faqs on this site. We get questions about family crests here on a daily basis.. and the one most important thing to understand is that they are issued to INDIVIDUAL persons, not to families. There is quality information online.. and there also are sources that will sell you whatever you want.. with no regard for authenticity.

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without knowing the country, etc., it is difficult to give you a reliable answer. One of the links here might have the solution.

I encourage you to read the faqs on this site. We get questions about family crests here on a daily basis.. and the one most important thing to understand is that they are issued to INDIVIDUAL persons, not to families. There is quality information online.. and there also are sources that will sell you whatever you want.. with no regard for authenticity.

It means royalty....

There is no such thing as a "family crest."

A crest is part of a coat of arms. A coat of arms was originally the knight's armour. The crest was the plume on the knight's helmet. Eventually coats of arms were issued to nobility and then later to men of prominence. Today men of wealth can have their own designed and apply to the College of Arms.

They DO NOT belong to surnames. Many different individuals with the same surname will have been granted a different coat of arms, and some with that surname have not been granted a coat of arms. Not all people with the same surname are necessarily related.

In the U. S., there are no laws regarding heraldry and as a result there are companies that target gullible Americans. If there were several granted to someone with a particular surname, those merchants of deceit will not have all of them. They don't need to in order to sell to people who do not understand their use.
In many countries, a person would risk prosecution displaying a coat of arms without documented proof that they are entitled to it.

See the links below, one from the British College of Arms and the other from the most prestigious genealogical organization in the U.S., The National Genealogical Society:

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...