Vert (heraldry) medieval figurative art. The Anglo-Norman "prose Brut" (c. 1200) has Brutus of Troy bear a green shield, "Brutus Vert-Escu, Brutus Viride Scutum". Green is occasionally found in historical coats of arms (as opposed to the fictional "green knights" of Arthurian romance) from as early as the 13th century, but it remained rare, and indeed actively avoided, well into the 15th century, but becomes more common in the classical heraldry of the 16th and 17th centuries. An early example of a green escutcheon was that of the coat of arms of Styria, based on the banner of Ottokar II of Bohemia
Buff (colour) Fusiliers are watching you." The uniform of the American Continental Army was buff and blue. Buff is the traditional colour of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. The U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry specifies a "buff" tincture for certain coats of arms, often treating it as a metal for purposes of the rule of tincture. The colours of George Washington University and Hamilton College are buff and blue, modelled on the military uniform of General George Washington and the Continental Army. Both General Washington and Alexander Hamilton, as chief of staff, had a role in the design of the uniforms. Other