BLAZONING OF THE MICHAELIS COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Michaelis):
ARMS (Shield):
Argent three fishhooks paleways, two in chief affrontee one in base hook to sinister sable
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors, between a vol argent, each wing charged with a hook of the arms as those in chief, the hook of the arms in base sable
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:
Argent - (Means the Shield is Silver (Argent=Silver))
three fishhooks paleways - (Means, 3 Fish Hooks are to be placed on the Shield "aligned" vertically (Paleways))
two in chief affrontee - (Means, 2 of the 3 Fish Hooks are to be placed on the top 1/3rd of the Shield (Chief) & are to
be "facing" each other (Affrontee))
one in base hook to sinister sable - (Means, the 3rd Fish Hook is to be placed on the bottom 1/3rd of the Shield (Base),
with its Hook facing to the Viewers right (Sinister) and all 3 of the Fish Hooks are to be black (Sable=Black))
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" (to be deScribed later) goes between a pair of Silver (Argent=Silver) uplifted
Wings conjoined at the base (Vol))
each wing charged with a hook of the arms as those in chief - (Means each Wing of the Vol will have placed (Charged) upon it
a Fish Hook just like the ones in the top 1/3rd (Chief) of the Shield (Arms))
the hook of the arms in base sable - (Means the "Something" that goes between the wings of the Vol is a Fish Hook just like
the one in the bottom 1/3rd (Base) of the Shield and all of the Fish Hooks are to be Black (Sable=Black), and then it's 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:
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Sable (Black) - (Constancy, sometimes grief)
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