an armorial of zimbabwe and rhodesia - Association of Amateur ...

FOREWORD
Shortly before Rhodesia became the independent Republic of Zimbabwe
and a member of the British Commonwealth on 18th April, 1980, the idea of
producing an armorial for the Country had been proposed by the late Guy Storry.
The necessary research was begun by some keen members of the Heraldry Society of
Rhodesia but for various reasons the project fell into abeyance until, in the early
nineties, Michael Males (a Licentiate Herald Painter) offered to make illustrations of
the two hundred shields of arms and which grew to nearly four hundred as a result of
the research carried out by Michael Jones and Beryl Lindsay, respectively a Vice-
President and the Secretary and Treasurer of the Heraldry Society of Zimbabwe.
The “Two Michaels” (Jones and Males) are appointed members of the State
Heraldry Committee, which advises the Registrar of Armorial Bearings. All this
information I received when kindly asked to write this foreword. What was not
vouchsafed were the enormous logistical problems which have been bravely faced
and eventually overcome by these dedicated collaborators.
Armorists everywhere should applaud this noble effort and the
determination of all those concerned never to be defeated in the completion of their
laudable project which I hope will not only be hailed and praised by all armorists but
also emulated by other brave souls within the British Commonwealth and beyond.
John Brooke-Little
President of The Heraldry Society
(formerly Clarenceux King of Arms)
December 1999
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