BLAZONING OF THE LEHMAN COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Lehman):
ARMS (Shield):
Or a rose gules barbed vert
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors a vol
MANTLE (Decken):
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed and usually takes the Tinctures of the Shield)
MOTTO:
None recorded (Common for the German Achievement)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Or - (Means the Shield is Golden (Or=Gold))
a Rose gules barbed vert - (Means a Green (Vert=Green) tipped (barbed), Red (Gules=Red)
Heraldic Rose is added to the Shield)
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 outstretched, uplifted Wings conjoined at the base (Vol)).
This Crest 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:
Rose - (Hope and joy; mark of cadency of the 7th son)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
Vert (Green) - (Hope, joy and sometimes loyalty in love)
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