BLAZONING OF THE BOEHM COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Boehm):
ARMS (Shield):
Per Fess, 1st: gules, 2nd: Per pale argent and sable, overall a rose or
CREST (Helmet):
Non
MANTLE (Decken):
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed unless other than the Primary Tinctures
are to be used)
MOTTO:
None recorded (It is rare for the German Achievement to deScribe a motto)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Per Fess - (Means the Shield is divided in half horizontally (by the
Fess))
1st Gules - (Means the top half (1st) of the Shield is Red (Gules))
2nd Per Pale, Argent & Sable - (Means the bottom (2nd) half of the
Shield is divided in half vertically (Palewise) with the left half Silver (Argent) and the
right half Black (Sable))
Overall a Rose Or - (Means a Golden (Or) Heraldic Rose is placed
over all three colors at the center)
CREST (Helmet) INTERPRETATION:
Non - (Means no known Crest was deScribed to be affixed by the Torse (wreath
of cloth with 6 twists, alternating between the primary tinctures) together with the Mantling,
to the Helmet,
which is drawn in Profile with the Visor closed, or with no Visor nor Grilles - the kind used by
a "Bürgerliche" (Esquire/Commoner/Citizen))
SYMBOLISM:
Rose - (Hope and joy; mark of cadency of the 7th son)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
Sable (Black) - (Constancy, sometimes grief)
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