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BLAZONING OF THE KUHN COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Kuhn):
ARMS (Shield):
Per bend or on gules a fleur-de-Lis counterchanged
CREST (Helmet):
Non
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 Bend - (Means the Shield is divided in half diagonally (Viewers top left to
bottom right)
Or on Gules - (Means the 1st (Top) half of the shield is of a Golden color (Or=
Gold, the 1st color deScribed) & the bottom half is Red (Gules))
a Fleur-de-Lis - (Means the Shield has a Fleur-de-Lis placed upon it)
Counterchanged - (Means the portion of the Fleur-de-Lis in one half
of the Shield takes on the color of the opposite half of the Shield & vice-versa)
CREST (Helmet) INTERPRETATION:
Non - (Means no known Crest was deScribed 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 - meaning it belongs to a "Bürgerliche" (Esquire/Commoner/Citizen))
SYMBOLISM:
Fleur-de-Lis - (Purity, light, floral badge of France - also the mark of cadency of the 6th Son)
Colors:
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
Above Blazon (written description) only applies to large Emblazon (drawing).
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