To begin the process of a grant of armorial bearings and/or other heraldic emblems, a petition for a heraldic grant must be submitted via email to the Royal Heraldic College of Georgia. Once the petition has been received, an officer of arms will contact the petitioner to obtain any remaining relevant information and documentation required to determine eligibility and process the petition.

Eligibility
As the granting of armorial bearings and other heraldic emblems is considered an honor bestowed by the Georgian Crown, petitioners will be requested to submit a curriculum vitae to the College for review. This allows for assessment of the petition's merits and determination of eligibility.

Members of one or more of the Royal Georgian Orders, recipients of medals of merit from the Crown, and individuals bearing a title of nobility conferred or formally recognized by the Georgian Crown, who maintain good standing with the Royal House, are considered to meet the College’s eligibility criteria by virtue of their existing recognition from the Crown.

After the College has reviewed the petition and all necessary supporting documents, an officer of arms will inform the petitioner as to whether the process may proceed, at which time an invoice will be issued to the petitioner for payment of the fees of the College.

Once the fee has been paid to the College, we collaborate with the petitioner to develop the design and create a blazon (a written description) for the armorial bearings to be granted. Discussion formats vary depending on the extent of initial emblem concepts, whether petitioners arrive with specific designs or seek the College's design input from the beginning.

Subsequently, the College approves a design proposal before presenting it to the petitioner for their approval.

Please visit this page to access some helpful tips for good heraldic design and a set of questions meant to help you brainstorm ideas for developing you coat of arms.

While the initial conceptual rough sketches are included in the fee paid to the College, once your updated arms have been finalized to your satisfaction and that of the College, we will paint an Exemplification of your armorial bearings. This is the final painted version of your arms that is kept in our records and utilized in our Option A and B Letters Patent. To maintain institutional standards, all exemplifications must be executed in-house by a College artist; external artwork cannot be accepted.

For the exemplification fee, please refer to our pricelist.

Once the design has been prepared to the satisfaction of the petitioner and the College, it is sent to HRH Crown Prince Davit of Georgia for final authorization of the grant of arms.

Upon approval, the grant is entered into the Heraldic Register of the Royal House of Georgia. A digital, multi-page Letters Patent in PDF format is issued to the armiger as an official record of the grant. This document features the digitally embedded exemplification (artwork), the blazon (written heraldic description), and the signature of the Herald Master of Arms alongside the seals of both the College and the Royal House of Georgia.

While a digital Letters Patent is provided to all armigers at no additional cost, the College offers three physical formats for those wishing to traditionally handle, store, and display their grant of arms. These tangible editions span varying price tiers, encompassing two high-quality printed formats (Options A and B) and a manuscript version (Option C). 

Detailed specifications for each format are provided in the box below.