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A crescent moon with its horns pointing upward.
Also known as: Increscent, Decrescent
A crescent borne with its horns upward by default. Blazon has separate terms for the other orientations — increscent facing dexter, decrescent facing sinister — and it is the English cadency mark of a second son.
A crescent borne with its horns pointing upward unless the blazon states otherwise.
Blazoned increscent when its horns point to the dexter and decrescent when they point to the sinister — orientation is a matter for the blazon, not the artist.
Serves as the English cadency mark of a second son.
England
A crescent moon shape with both horns pointing upward.
Both use a crescent, but the star and crescent is a distinct emblem with religious and national associations rather than a heraldic charge.