Blazon 1: Per fesse embattled black and white, a hawk demi gold arising from behind.
Blazon 2: Per fesse embattled black and white, a hawk demi gold arising from behind and swords in saltire black, hilted gold, banded red.
Blazon 3: Per fesse embattled black and white, a hawk demi gold arising from behind and arrows in saltire black, fletched and banded red.
Blazon 4: Per fesse embattled black and white, a hawk demi gold arising from behind and a spur black and red.

Commentary: Prior to the Greyhawk Wars the Mayor and Directors kept the militia’s identity tied strictly to the Free City. The arms for all units where the same, see fig. 1, no matter where they were stationed. Be it the city walls, a keep near the swamps to the east, or along the roads of the domain. This was part of a systematic process of removing militia soldiers ties to their home towns or homesteads and make the city their focus.

After the Greyhawk Wars the Free City found itself in control of a very large domain with hostile forces bent on its destruction in almost all directions. There was a sudden need for a real military that could project power beyond old borders. They also saw the need to instill pride in their newly acquired lands, Hardby, Safeton, Narwell, the Abbor-Alz Mountains and Cairn Hills. This was realized with the creation of the Hardby Marines, Safeton Borderers, Narwell Headhunters and the Mountaineer Militia.

The Directors also realized they needed to increase the size and morale of their core militia units. Thus, while keeping the basic design of the original Greyhawk Militia arms, they added the unofficial badges to the arms for each type of unit to distinguish them on the open battlefields they found themselves on. Fig. 2 is the infantry arms, fig. 3 is the archers, and fig. 4 is the calvary.

In Service,

Saracenus Garasteth, Baron of Trellwood
Radiant Sun King at Arms