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- Boars_in_heraldry comment "The wild boar and boar's head are common charges in heraldry. A complete beast may represent what are seen as the positive qualities of the wild boar, namely courage and fierceness in battle; a boar's head may represent hospitality (from the custom of serving the boar's head in feasts), or it may symbolize that the bearer of the arms is a noted hunter.In classical heraldry of the late medieval and early modern period, the boar is somewhat rarer than the lion, eagle or bear.".