BLAZONING OF THE WITTE COAT OF ARMS
BLAZON (Wappen der Familie Witte):
ARMS (Shield):
Gules two demi-vols addorsed argent, accompanied in chief by three annulets of the latter 2 and 1
CREST (Helmet):
A vol 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:
Burke's General Armory
ARMS (Shield) INTERPRETATION:
Gules - (Means the Shield is Red (Gules=Red))
two demi-vols addorsed argent - (Means 2 Silver (Argent=Silver) Dexter (viewers right)
halves taken from 2 pairs of upraised wings (a demi-vol is the right half of a vol) and joined "back to back" (addorsed)
are added to the Shield)
accompanied in chief by three annulets of the latter 2 and 1 - (Means 3 Silver (Argent=Silver (of
the last color)) rings (Annulets) are added (accompanied) to the Shield in the top portion (Chief) and arranged
as 2 rings "side by side" & 1 ring below them ("2 & 1"))
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 Vol argent - (Means a Silver (Argent=Silver) pair of uplifted Wings conjoined at the base
is 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:
Annulet - (Fidelity)
Vol (Demi) - (Swiftness, protection, celebrity, or coverture)
Colors:
Argent (Silver) - (Peace and sincerity)
Gules (Red) - (Military fortitude and magnanimity)
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