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BLAZONING OF THE FUCHS COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Fuchs):
ARMS (Shield):
Argent, a fox rampant gules
CREST (Helmet):
The fox as in the arms
MANTLE (Decken):
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed unless other than the Primary Tinctures are to be used)
MOTTO:
None Recorded (Common for the German Achievement)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Argent - (Means the Shield is Silver (Argent=Silver - depicted as White))
a Fox rampant gules - (Means a rampaging (Rampant - an "attitudinal
orientation") Male Fox that is colored Red (Gules) is placed upon the Shield)
CREST (Helmet) INTERPRETATION:
The Fox as in the Arms - (Means a Fox like the one in the Shield is 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:
Fox - (One who will use all that they may possess of wisdom and wit in their own defense)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
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