Medieval Glossary

Baston (Heraldry)

In heraldry, the baston was a staff or cudgel generally borne as a mark of bastardy.

Related term(s): Baston
Category: Heraldry
Added: 10.01.05
Source information: Wilhelm, Thomas. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer. Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1881. 49.

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