BLAZONING OF THE BULLINGER COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Bullinger):
ARMS (Shield):
Or an oak leaf bendways azure
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors, a vol or
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:
Or - (Means the Shield is Gold (Or=Gold))
an oak leaf - (Means an Oak Leaf is placed upon the Shield)
bendways - (Means the Oak Leaf is placed upon the Shield Diagonally (Bendways))
azure - (Means the Oak Leaf is Blue (Azure=Blue) )
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 or - (Means a Golden (Or=Gold) pair of uplifted Wings conjoined at the base (Vol) -
this is 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:
Oak leaf - (Great age and strength)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Azure (Blue) - (Loyalty and truth)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
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