BLAZONING OF THE SCHROPP COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Schropp):
ARMS (Shield):
Gules upon a trimount vert a goat rampant or
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors a goat as in the arms
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:
Gules - (Means the Shield is Red (Gules=Red))
upon a Trimount vert - (Means "something" will be placed upon a green (Vert)
colored 3 hilled (Trimount) grassy Mound (Mount) )
A Goat Rampant - (Means, in profile, a rampaging (Rampant) Goat (Male
unless otherwise deScribed) standing on one hind leg is placed upon the Mound (Mount) & thence, upon the
Shield)
Or - (Means the Goat is Golden (Or=Gold)) Note that while placing the
green trimount on the red shield breaks the heraldic tincture rule, this is very common in German heraldry.
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 Goat - (Means, in profile, a rampaging (Rampant) male Goat standing on
one hind leg (as in the arms))
as in the arms - (Means the same Golden Goat, (from the Shield (Arms), is
affixed by the Torse (together with the Mantling) to the Helmet, which is drawn, in profile, with its
Visor Closed, or with no Visor nor Grilles - the kind that would be used by a Bürgerlich (Esquire/Commoner/Citizen))
SYMBOLISM:
Goat - (One who wins a victory through diplomacy rather than war)
Trimount - (Symbolism unknown - very common German device representing rolling hills)
Colors:
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
Or (Gold) - (Generosity)
Vert (Green) - (Hope, joy and sometimes loyalty in love)
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