Tincture (heraldry) as the field upon which they rest, with the colours reversed. In the municipal arms of Behnsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, seen at right, the field is divided with the left half white (argent) and the right half green (vert), and the counterchanged tree is green where it lies on the white part of the field, and white where it lies on the green part. The flag of Maryland is another example of counterchanging. The only U.S. state flag to be directly based on English heraldry, it is the arms of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, who founded the colony of Maryland in
Roundel (heraldry) numerous varieties. For example, a field "semy of plates" (i.e. "roundels argent") could be blazoned "platy"; a field "semy of pellets" (i.e. "roundels sable") could be blazoned "pellety". The precise number and placement of the roundels in such cases were usually left to the discretion of the artist. Roundel (heraldry) A roundel is a circular charge in heraldry. Roundels are among the oldest charges used in coats of arms, dating from the start of the age of heraldry in Europe, "circa" 1200–1215. Roundels are typically a solid colour but may be charged with an item or be any of the