BLAZONING OF THE SCHMALZ COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Schmalz):
ARMS (Shield):
Azure radiating from a sun five arrows dancetty or
CREST (Helmet):
Non
MANTLE (Decken):
Not deScribed (Mantling is seldom deScribed and usually takes the Tinctures of the Shield)
MOTTO:
None recorded (It is rare for the German Achievement to deScribe a motto)
REFERENCE SOURCE:
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Azure - (Means the Shield is Blue (Azure = Blue))
Radiating from a sun (Means "something" to be deScribed later, which is radiating from a Sun,
will be added to the Shield)
five arrows dancetty Or (6) - (Means the "something" that radiates from the Sun is 5
Golden (Or) Arrows that are "zig-zagged" (dancetty) shaped)
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
a "Bürgerliche" (Esquire/Commoner/Citizen))
SYMBOLISM:
Arrow - (Martial readiness)
Sun - (Glory and splendor)
Colors:
Azure (Blue) - (Loyalty and truth)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
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