ement . ▁The ▁cr est ▁rest s ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁a ▁hel met ▁which ▁itself ▁rest s ▁on ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁achiev ement : ▁the ▁shield . ▁ ▁The ▁modern ▁cr est ▁has ▁grown ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁three - dimensional ▁figure ▁placed ▁on ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁mounted ▁kn ights ' ▁hel ms ▁as ▁a ▁further ▁means ▁of ▁identification . ▁In ▁most ▁her ald ic ▁trad itions , ▁a ▁woman ▁does ▁not ▁display ▁a ▁cr est , ▁though ▁this ▁tradition ▁is ▁being ▁relax ed ▁in ▁some ▁her ald ic ▁juris dict ions , ▁and ▁the ▁st all ▁plate ▁of ▁Lady ▁Mar ion ▁F ras er ▁in ▁the ▁Th ist le ▁Chap el ▁in ▁St ▁G iles , ▁Edinburgh , ▁shows ▁her ▁coat ▁on ▁a ▁lo zen ge ▁but ▁with ▁hel met , ▁cr est , ▁and ▁mot to . ▁ ▁The ▁cr est ▁is ▁usually ▁found ▁on ▁a ▁w re ath ▁of ▁tw isted ▁cloth ▁and ▁sometimes ▁within ▁a ▁coron et . ▁C rest - cor on ets ▁are ▁generally ▁simpler ▁than ▁coron ets ▁of ▁rank , ▁but ▁several ▁special ized ▁forms ▁exist ; ▁for ▁example , ▁in ▁Canada , ▁descend ants ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Empire ▁Lo yal ists ▁are ▁entitled ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁Lo yal ist ▁military ▁coron et ▁( for ▁descend ants ▁of ▁members ▁of ▁Lo yal ist ▁reg iments ) ▁or ▁Lo yal ist ▁civil ▁coron et ▁( for ▁others ). ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁hel m ▁and ▁cr est ▁are ▁shown , ▁they ▁are ▁usually ▁accompanied ▁by