In Ancient Rome, a camp crown (, "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).
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.
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See also
Celestial crown Civic Crown Grass crown Mural crown Naval crown Heraldry Laurel wreath
References
External links Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909) A Complete Guide to Heraldry, Chapter XXIII: Crest, Coronets and Chapeaux. Corona vallar. Libro de Armoría.