BLAZONING OF THE DIETZ COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Dietz):
ARMS (Shield):
Gules two lions passant guardant or
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors a vol gules
MANTLE (Decken):
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed and usually takes the Tinctures of the Shield)
MOTTO:
None recorded (Common for the German Achievement)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Gules - (Means the Shield is Red (Gules=Red))
two Lions passant guardant or - (Means 2 Golden (Or=Gold), walking (Passant) Lions that are
looking at the viewer (Guardant) are added to 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 gules - (Means a Red (Gules=Red) pair of uplifted Wings conjoined at the base (Vol)).
This Crest is then 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:
Lion - (Courage)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
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