Coat of arms of Hamden

The blazon

ar. a saltier gu. betw. four eagles, displayed, az. — Crest, an eagle s head, erased, az. (Another crest, a talbot, passant, erm. collared and lined, gu. the end of the line tied in a bow-knot, and over his back.) Ha MELD EN, ar. a fjret of eight pieces gu. each charged in the midst with a fleur-de-lis or.

A blazon is the description of a coat of arms in the technical language of heraldry. The drawing comes from that text, and from nothing else.