This "Ducal Crown" (from the coat of arms) is worn as a lapel pin. The flag with letters is commonly called the "display flag" and the plain flag the "ritual flag." Every chapter should have a display flag and a ritual flag. The purpose is for plainer identification of the flag when it is used for display. In this form the Greek letters SFE are placed in the upper right corner of the regulation flag while the chapter designation is placed in the lower left corner.
The 1955 Conclave authorized an alternative form for the official flag. In the center of the flag, mounted upon a red bar, appears a gold star of five points. The Fraternity flag has a background of purple with a red bar extending diagonally from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, this bar fimbriated by a narrow band of gold from the purple background. The badge and coat of arms are the official insignia of the Fraternity their esoteric meaning is contained in the Ritual of the Fraternity. DuBois, in charge of the heraldic work for the United States Government, and the new and revised coat of arms was subsequently accepted. Wilkins, then a field secretary for the Fraternity, consulted Arthur E. Cutler, Massachusetts Alpha '30 (University of Massachusetts), called attention to the old emblem's inaccuracies. The original design was adopted in 1908 at the Chicago Conclave. For a long time, however, Sigma Phi Epsilon displayed a coat of arms which was not heraldically correct. A heritage from the old days of feudalism and knighthood, it is an emblem which can become almost as precious to the SigEp who has the right to wear it as his heart-shaped badge. Nearly all fraternities, even the smallest locals in the smallest colleges, boast a coat of arms.
The new founders-sizeīadge was designed by William A. May be made with heavy-duty gold plate, "golklad" The 1973 Conclave also authorized that official badges Thisīadge is of the same size and shape as the originalįounders badge and is bordered by a band of gold. In a slightly smaller size and with twenty pearlsīordering the black heart, remains the official badgeĪt the 1973 Grand Chapter Conclave in Denver, Colorado,Īn additional official badge was authorized. On subsequent badges the "E" was broughtĪbove the skull and bones to join the SF. Badge designed by the founders had the "E"Īdded below the skull and bones after the badges were
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