Definizione

• Canton.  A quarter of a design; in decorations of honor it is an area formed between the arms of a cross. While a term of heraldry – where it also indicates a quarter section of a shield – it specifically indicates the area where rays or eagles or other design is placed, in the angles between the arms of the cross.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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