BLAZONING OF THE WERNER COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Werner):
ARMS (Shield):
Per pale azure and argent
CREST (Helmet):
On a torse of the colors, between a vol a mullett argent
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:
Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Per pale - (Means the Shield is divided in half vertically)
azure and argent - (Means the left (viewers left) half of the Shield is Blue (Azure) & the
other half is Silver (Argent (depicted as White)))
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 - (Means "something" (a star) to be deScribed next will go between the
Silver (Argent) colored, upraised wings that are conjoined at the base (a Vol))
a Mullett argent - (Means a Silver (Argent=Silver) colored, 5 pointed Star (Mullett) is
what goes between the pair of uplifted Wings conjoined at the base (Vol). This is 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:
Star (Mullet) - (Divine quality from above)
Vol (Wings) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Azure (Blue) - (Loyalty and truth)
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