BLAZONING OF THE LANG COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Lang):
ARMS (Shield):
Azure three mulletts paleways argent
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors, between a vol argent, a mullett azure
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:
Azure - (Means the Shield is Blue)
three Mulletts paleways argent - (Means 3 Silver (Argent) colored Stars (5 points ea.), are
added to the Blue Shield in a vertical alignment/arrangement (Paleways))
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)
between a Vol argent - (Means "something" (a star) to be deScribed next will go between the
Silver (Argent) colored, upraised wings that are conjoined at the base (a Vol))
a Mullett azure - (Means a Blue (Azure), 5 pointed Star (Mullett) is what goes between the 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:
Star (Mullet) - (Divine quality from above; mark of cadency of the 3rd son)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Azure (Blue) - (Loyalty and truth)
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