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BLAZONING OF THE KUNZ COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Kunz):
ARMS (Shield):
Gules, three acorns, bendways, slipped and leaved, or
CREST (Helmet):
A vol
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:
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Gules - (Means the Shield is Red (Gules=Red))
three acorns - (Means the Shield has 3 Acorns placed on it)
bendways - (Means the Shield's 3 Acorns are placed Diagonally (Bendways) upon it)
slipped and leaved - (Means the Acorns Stems & Leaves are shown too)
or - (Means the Acorns together with their Stems & Leaves are Golden (Or=Gold))
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) - this Vol is then 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)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
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