Camp crown

In Ancient Rome, a '''camp crown''' ({{langx|la|corona castrensis}}, "crown of the castrum"), also known as a vallary crown, was a military award given to the first man who penetrated into an enemy camp or field during combat. It took the form of a gold crown surmounted with replicas of the stakes of a palisade (a high fence consisting of pointed stakes).<ref name="Maxfield1981">{{cite book|author=Valerie A. Maxfield|author-link=Valerie Maxfield|title=The Military Decorations of the Roman Army|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nuex2PW7QR0C&pg=PA79|date=1 January 1981|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04499-9|pages=79–}}</ref>

In the heraldry of a few units in modern armies, a camp crown is mounted as a crest on top of the shield of the coat of arms or emblem.

The Palisado crown, a variant used in English heraldry, is defined by palisades affixed to the outside of the rim.

==Gallery== <gallery perrow="5"> File:Camp Crown.svg|Example of a Camp crown File:Palisado crowns.png|Example of Palisado crowns (English Heraldry) File:Spanish Army History and Aesthetics of Military Music Course and Graduates Emblem.svg|Emblem of the Course in the History and Aesthetics of Military Music of the Spanish Army </gallery>

==See also== {{commons category|Camp Crown}} *Celestial crown *Civic Crown *Grass crown *Mural crown *Naval crown *Heraldry *Laurel wreath

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909) [http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~bprince/hr/foxdavies/fdguide23.htm A ''Complete Guide to Heraldry''], ''Chapter XXIII: Crest, Coronets and Chapeaux''. *{{in lang|es}} [http://www.armoria.info/glosario_heraldico/Corona+vallar.html Corona vallar]. ''Libro de Armoría''.

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