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BLAZONING OF THE KUNZ COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Kunz):
ARMS (Shield):
German Heraldic: In Blau drei goldene Eicheln (2,1) mit stiele und blatter
English Herladic: Azure, three acorns, slipped and leaved, or, stems to chief (2,1)
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors, a vol or
MANTLE (Decken):
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed and usually takes the Tinctures of the Shield)
MOTTO:
None recorded (It is rare for the German Achievement to deScribe a Mottto)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap and: Zofinger Wappenbuch Chur
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Azure - (Means the Shield is Blue (Azure=Blue))
three acorns or - (Means 3 Golden (Or=Gold) Acorns are placed upon the
Shield )
slipped and leaved - (Means the Hulls, Leaves & Stems
of the Acorns are included too)
stems to chief (2,1) - (Means the Stems of the 3 Golden Acorns point upwards (Chief=top third
of Shield), and (2,1) just means in the usual arrangement of 2 side by side above the 3rd (2 & 1) - gives the orientation of the acorns )
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 or - (Means a Golden (Or=Gold) pair of uplifted Wings conjoined at the base (Vol) -
this is all 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:
Acorn - (Antiquity and strength)
Oak (Leaves) - (Great age and strength)
Colors:
Azure (Blue) - (Loyalty and truth)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
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