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The leopard’s face (sometimes, incorrectly referred to as a leopard’s head occurs very frequently in heraldry A Glossary of Terms used in British Heraldry, J.H. Parker, Oxford, 1894, Entry:Lion. Early heraldic artists tended to treat lions and leopards as the same animal, but during the development of British Heraldry the heads of the two creatures have adopted separate, and more realistic forms. Wade would have us associate leopards with warriors, especially those who overcome “hazardous things by force and courage” The Symbolisms of Heraldry, W. Cecil Wade, George Redway, London, 1898 P65