Mullet (heraldry)

This article is about Mullet in heraldry. For other uses, see mullet.

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In heraldry the term mullet or molet refers to a charge or a difference in the conventional shape of a star - by default one with five points (compare pentagram). Variants include the mullet of six points (compare star of David) and the mullet of eight points (compare octagram).

Related Topics:
Heraldry - Charge - Difference - Star - Pentagram - Star of David - Octagram

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The arms of the 240th Signal Battalion of the United States Army show a mullet barbed to chief. (See The Institute of Heraldry's article on the 240th Signal Battalion.)

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Under the English cadency system third sons bear the mullet as a difference.

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The mullet is called a star in Scottish heraldry. It is to be distinguished from the wavy-rayed estoile.

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