BLAZONING OF THE ERSTGAARD COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON Erstgaard:
ARMS (Shield):
Per Fess argent over gules the first charged with an eagle displayed sable
CREST (Helmet):
A vol
MANTLE:
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed unless other than the Primary Tinctures are to be used)
MOTTO:
None recorded
REFERENCE SOURCE:
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Per Fess - (Means the Shield is divided in half horizontally)
argent over gules - (Means the Shield's top half is Silver (Argent=Silver) & the bottom half is Red (Gules=Red))
the first charged with an eagle - (Means the first color mentioned (Argent (Silver)) will have an Eagle placed (Charged)
upon it)
displayed sable - (Means the Eagle's wings are outstreched upwardly (Displayed) & colored Black (Sable = Black))
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 - (Means a pair of uplifted Wings conjoined at the base is 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 an Esquire/Commoner/Citizen)
SYMBOLISM:
Eagle displayed - (Protection)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Sable (Black) - (Constancy, sometimes grief)
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