BLAZONING OF THE BROENNEKE COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Broenneke):
ARMS (Shield):
Per bend sinister sable and argent, 1st: a sword bendways sinister point up of the last 2nd: a plough coulter of the first
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors, a vol addorsed sable
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 bend sinister sable and argent - (Means the Shield is divided in half diagonally (Per Bend) going opposite of
normal (Sinister) with the (viewers)left half Black (Sable=Black) & the other half Silver (Argent=Silver))
1st: a sword bendways sinister point up of the latter - (Means a Sword colored Silver (of the last (the Last color
mentioned was Silver (Argent=Silver))) is placed upon the 1st half of the Shield mentioned & is oriented diagonally (Bendways) but opposite of
normal (Sinister) and with its tip pointing upward)
2nd: a plough coulter of the first - (Means a Plough Coulter (the front part of a Plow that "pre-cuts" the soil in
front of the main plowshare) & is colored black (of the first (the First color mentioned, which was Sable (Black))) is placed upon the Silver
half of the Shield)
CREST (Helmet) INTERPRETATION:
On a Torse of the colors - (Means the next thing deScribed will go upon a
cloth wreath (Torse) of 6 twists, alternating between the primary tinctures)
a Vol addorsed sable - (Means a pair of Black (Sable) uplifted Wings conjoined at the base (Vol) the
Wings "Back-to-Back" (Addorsed), and then it's all affixed by the Torse, 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:
Plough Coulter (Plow Coulter) - (Unknown)
Sword - (A just and generous pursuit of honor and virtue in warlike deeds)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Sable (Black) - (Constancy, sometimes grief)
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