Our correspondent was surprised for he had used Burke's General Armory of 1884 in which the blazon locates the mullet at the fess point rather than the centre chief point.
This is an ordinary formed by two semi-circular lines, one of which starts at the dexter chief, curves outward toward the fess point, and then back to end at the dexter base. www.motherbedford.com/Heraldry04.htm -
Definition of fess point in US English:
fess point
noun
Heraldry
A point at the center of a shield.
〔纹章〕盾形徽标的中心点，盾心
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This is an ordinary formed by two semi-circular lines, one of which starts at the dexter chief, curves outward toward the fess point, and then back to end at the dexter base. www.motherbedford.com/Heraldry04.htm -
Our correspondent was surprised for he had used Burke's General Armory of 1884 in which the blazon locates the mullet at the fess point rather than the centre chief point.