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The most common divisions are by a horizontal, vertical or diagonal bar :

Bars

	Golden bar Silver bar Blue bar Red bar Green bar Black bar Orange bar Purple bar	Ermine bar Checquered bar Walled or bricked bar Silver bar on red for Austria	Horizontally divided bicoloured bar Vertically divided bicoloured bar
	Golden wavy bar Silver wavy bar Blue wavy bar Red wavy bar Green wavy bar Black wavy bar Wavy bar with three colours	Blue and silver wavy bar Blue and gold wavy bar Green and silver wavy bar Green and gold wavy bar Red and silver wavy bar Red and gold wavy bar

Special bars

Engrailed bar of any colour	Invected bar of any colour	Nebuly bar of any colour	Dancetty bar of any colour	Indented bar of any colour
Embattled bar of any colour	Embattled Counter-Embattled bar of any colour	Bretessed bar of any colour	Dovetailed bar of any colour	Potenty bar of any colour
Urdy bar of any colour	Raguly bar of any colour	Raguly Counter-Raguly bar of any colour	Rayonné bar of any colour	Fir trees bar of any colour
Fir twig bar of any colour	Cotised bar of any colour

Barry

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour.

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  Black and gold

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  Black and silver

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  Blue and silver

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  Gold and black

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  Gold and blue

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  Gold and red

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  Red and silver

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  Silver and black

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  Silver and blue

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  Silver and green

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  Silver and red

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  Ermine and black

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  Ermine and red

Barry wavy

A shield divided into multiple wavy bars regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour.

For barry wavy chiefs and bases, see here.

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  Blue and gold

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  Blue and silver

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  Silver and blue

Pales

Golden pale Silver pale Blue pale Red pale Green bar Black bar Orange pale bar

Checquered pale

Golden wavy pale Silver wavy pale Blue wavy pale Red wavy pale Green wavy pale Black wavy pale

Blue and silver wavy pale Blue and gold wavy pale Green and silver wavy pale Green and gold wavy pale Red and silver wavy pale Red and gold wavy pale

Paly

A shield divided into multiple pales regardless the number. Named after the most (heraldic right) colour.

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  Blue and gold

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  Gold and black

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  Gold and blue

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  Gold and red

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  Red and gold

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  Silver and black

Bend

Golden bend Silver bend Blue bend Red bend Green bend Black bend Orange bend bend

Checquered bend Cistercian bend Bend with diamonds

Golden wavy bend Silver wavy bend Blue wavy bend Red wavy bend Green wavy bend Black wavy bend

Blue and silver wavy bend Blue and gold wavy bend Green and silver wavy bend Green and gold wavy bend Red and silver wavy bend Red and gold wavy bend

Bend sinister

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  Golden bend sinister

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  Silver bend sinister

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  Blue bend sinister

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  Red bend sinister

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  Green bend sinister

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  Orange bend sinister

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  Ermine bend sinister

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  Blue and gold bend sinister

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  Red and silver bend sinister

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  Checquered bend sinister

Bend sinister wavy

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  Golden wavy bend sinister

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  Silver wavy bend sinister

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  Blue wavy bend sinister

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  Red wavy bend sinister

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  Green wavy bend sinister

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  Black wavy bend sinister

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  Ermine wavy bend sinister

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  Blue and silver wavy bend sinister

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  Black and silver wavy bend sinister

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  Blue and gold wavy bend sinister

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  Green and silver wavy bend sinister

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  Green and gold wavy bend sinister

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  Red and silver wavy bend sinister

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  Red and gold wavy bend sinister

Bendy

A shield divided into multiple bars regardless the number of bends. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

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  Gold and red

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  Red and silver

Bendy wavy

A shield divided into multiple wavy bends regardless the number of bars. Named after the top colour (smallest colour in the top).

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  Gold and red

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