BLAZONING OF THE MADSEN COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON:
ARMS (Shield):
Gules a hare or
CREST (Helmet):
Non
MANTLE:
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed unless other than the Primary Tinctures are to be used)
MOTTO:
None recorded (It is rare for the Danish Achievement to deScribe a motto)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Gules - (Means the Shield is Red (Gules=Red))
a hare or - (Means the Red Shield is to have a Golden (Or=Gold) Rabbit (Hare) placed (Charged) upon it)
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 - the kind used by
an Esquire/Commoner/Citizen)
SYMBOLISM:
Hare (Rabbit) - (One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life)
Colors:
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
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