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BLAZONING OF THE KELLER COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Keller):
ARMS (Shield):
Per fess, gules over argent, a lion rampant counterchanged
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors a lion rampant gules
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:
Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Per Fess - (Means the Shield is divided in half Fessways (Horizontally))
Gules over Argent - (Means the top half of the Shield is Red (Gules)
and the bottom half is Silver (depicted as White (Argent=Silver))
A Lion Rampant - (Means, in profile, a rampaging (Rampant) Lion (Male
unless otherwise deScribed) standing on one hind leg is placed upon the Shield)
Counterchanged - (Means the top half of the Lion has the colors of the
bottom half of the Shield and vice-versa)
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 Lion Rampant Gules - (Means, in profile, a rampaging (Rampant) male Lion standing on one hind leg
and colored Red (Gules=Red) 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 a "Bürgerliche" (Esquire/Commoner/Citizen))
SYMBOLISM:
Lion - (Courage)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
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