Blazons of Germany - A
This collection presents 327 German-linked shield entries beginning with A from Johannes Baptista Rietstap’s Armorial Général. The blazons are translated into English with heraldic abbreviations written out in full.
Localities and family branches identify the particular arms recorded. Distinct versions included in this selection are kept separate, and every surname heading ends with Coat of Arms. This is a selected collection, not a complete transcription of every A entry in Rietstap.
Scope and reading: The series includes entries associated with Germany and historical German states and regions. Historical labels such as Prussia and Silesia are retained; they do not describe modern borders or establish a single nationality. The descriptions are shield blazons; crests, helmets, mantling and supporters are omitted. Unspecified tinctures are not invented. Arms belong to particular armigerous families and branches, rather than everyone sharing a surname.
Sources: Rietstap’s Armorial Général, second edition, volume I and volume II. Each entry links to its original page. The Enquerre Rietstap index was used as a finding aid and transcription reference.
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Editorial progress: This collection has been expanded with manually translated shield descriptions. Damaged entries have been checked against Rietstap’s printed pages where possible. Duplicate transcriptions and entries expressly withdrawn in the supplement have been excluded. Wider coverage, cross-references and full primary-page verification remain in progress.
Ad surnames
Adami Coat of Arms
Bremen.
Per pale: first, gules a demi-eagle or issuing from the partition; second, azure three ears of corn on a single stem with two leaves, all or.
Adlersfeld [formerly Fritz] Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per fess: first, per pale Or a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the vertical partition, and Sable a lion Or; second, Azure a wall embattled Argent extending to the flanks and with its gateway Azure, standing before a tower Argent on a terrace Vert.
Ai surnames
Aindorfer Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or, a bear rampant sable.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Ainkhürn Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per bend Azure a unicorn rampant Argent, and Argent a star Or, with a bend embattled Argent over the partition; second and third, per fess Argent and Gules, overall a falcon proper perched on a glove Or fesswise. Overall an escutcheon Or charged with a pair of wings conjoined in the antique manner Sable.
Airnschmalz Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or two Latin crosses Sable with their feet curved toward the flanks and crossed in saltire.
Aislinger Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per bend Sable and Or, a lion counterchanged holding in its dexter paw an arrow Or feathered Gules fesswise and in its sinister paw a shield Or notched for a lance.
Aissema de Lipperoda Coat of Arms
Brunswick.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or an eagle Sable; second and third, Argent a rose Gules. Overall an escutcheon Azure charged with a fully armed knight mounted on a horse galloping, all Or.
Aitterbach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules, a pale argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Aizen Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure a triangle Argent touching the edges of the shield and divided by two lines Sable into a lozenge and two half-lozenges.
Al surnames
Albedyl Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first, Gules a banner and a guidon Argent bendwise and two further banners Argent bendwise sinister, their four staffs crossed in saltire; second, Argent three lions' heads Gules; third, Or a castle Sable with three towers, the middle tower taller and roofed with a pointed roof; fourth, Gules a fess Argent between twelve plates, three and three in chief and three and three in base. Overall an escutcheon Azure charged with a ragged staff Or bendwise between a star Argent in sinister chief and a crescent upright Argent placed bendwise in dexter base.
Alberg Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure a mountain Or issuing from the base; on a chief Or two five-pointed stars Gules.
Albers Coat of Arms
Bremen.
Argent, a tree eradicated vert.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Albersdorf Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Or a cock's head Sable combed and wattled Gules.
Albert Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, sable, a lion passant guardant or; second, bendy gules and argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Silesia.
Per fess: first, Azure a dove Argent; second, Gules three bends Or; over the partition a fess Argent.
Alberti Coat of Arms
Munich, Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Gules a lion Or facing sinister, crowned Or and holding a sword Argent hilted Or palewise; second, Azure a lion Or crowned Or holding a banner flying to sinister and divided into four horizontal sections Or, Azure, Gules and Argent, the banner charged overall with a serpent proper undulating in pale.
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or a stag rampant proper collared with a ribbon Gules; a bordure Sable.
Prussia.
Azure, a dolphin naiant argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Württemberg.
Argent, a palm tree vert on a terrace of the same.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Albertini d'Ichtratzheim [or d'Ichtersheim] Coat of Arms
Alsace, Baden.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a demi-eagle Sable beaked and membered Or issuing from the vertical partition; second, Azure a bend sinister Argent charged with a comet Or aligned with the bend, between two stars Or; third, Azure three ears of corn Or leaved Or on a mount Or.
Albich, called Daxheim Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Per pale sable and gules, overall two bars gemel argent.
Albini Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a chevron Or between two stars Argent in chief and a fleur-de-lis Argent in base; second and third, Or a demi-man vested per pale Argent and Azure and wearing a hat per pale Argent and Azure, holding in his dexter hand a fir tree eradicated Vert.
Albrecht Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly Or, Sable, Gules and Argent, overall a lion Or holding in each paw a charge shaped like an inverted letter h Sable, with a star counterchanged in base.
Rothenburg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, a unicorn statant argent; second and third, or, three bends sable.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Albrecht (von) und Baumann Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a griffin Sable beaked Or holding a tree eradicated Vert, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Argent a four-petalled rose Gules.
Albrecht d' Albrechtsburg Coat of Arms
Hongrie, Palatinat.
Azure a griffin Or between three eight-pointed stars Argent.
Albrechtsheim Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Austria.
Or, a griffin sable.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Ald nbrück called Velbrück Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Or, a fess azure.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Aldenberg Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules a monk's bust proper issuing from a crown Or.
Aldenburg [formerly Biéla] Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Azure a cross Or between four escallops Or.
Aldenhoven Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Argent, a fess or fretty gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Aldenroide or Altenrath Coat of Arms
Cologne, Rhine Province.
Sable two bends Argent, overall in chief a label of five points Argent.
Alderdien Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Argent, a chevron couped or between three trefoils vert.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Alderodt called Pieck Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Argent, on a cross gules a star of the field in fess point.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Aldin de Fomblaves Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules a peacock in its pride Argent on a terrace Vert; on a chief Azure three stars Or, one and two.
Aldringa Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Azure, an eagle or beaked and membered gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Alemann Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Or four grenades enflamed, one, two and one: the uppermost per fess Sable and Gules, the dexter per pale Sable and Gules, the sinister per pale Gules and Sable, and the lowest per fess Gules and Sable.
Prussia, Saxony, Austria.
Per fess: first, Gules a lion passant Argent; second, Argent three cramp irons Sable fesswise, two and one.
Alers Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale: first, Azure a demi-eagle Or issuing from the partition; second, Or a fess Azure.
Alex Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess Gules and Argent, three wings counterchanged, the upper two back to back.
Alfter Coat of Arms
Cologne, Rhine Province.
Or, three fesses gules, overall a lion rampant argent crowned or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Algarotti Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale: first, Argent an eagle Sable, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or on each wing and the intertwined letters FR Or beneath a crown Or on its breast holding a sceptre and orb; second, per fess, Azure a mountain Or surmounted by a Latin cross Or with a wing lowered Argent at the end of each lateral arm, above Azure two arched bends Gules, with a fess Gules over the horizontal partition. The tinctures of the sceptre and orb are not specified in the family entry.
Editorial note: The named Prussian eagle is expanded using Rietstap’s dictionary definition.
Rietstap: original page scan · Rietstap: dictionary of heraldic terms
Alhartspeckh or Allersbach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, five stars gules arranged two, one and two.
Alinckhoven Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Sable, three crowns or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Alkiewicz Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent an elk statant proper; second, Azure three plates in bend between two bends wavy Argent.
Allard (von) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale: first, Argent a bunch of grapes Azure stalked and leaved Vert; second, Gules a wing Argent charged with a rose Gules.
Allena Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Azure, an eagle or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Allesina called Schweitzer Coat of Arms
Frankfurt, Hesse.
Per fess: first, Gules an eagle Sable; second, Or a bear passant proper.
Allioli Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a dove volant Argent; second and third, Or a serpent Vert undulating in pale.
Allwalden (Barons) Coat of Arms
Germany.
Argent a lion Azure collared with a crown reversed Or.
Allwörden Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Per pale: first, Argent a bird proper; second, Or an arrow Azure palewise.
Almsheim Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or, three horseshoes sable.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Alnbach or Alnbeck Coat of Arms
Saxony, Bar.
Sable a griffin's head and neck Or.
Alnkhoven Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent in base a gable Or surmounted by two keys proper back to back, arranged in chevron reversed.
Aloys Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first, Gules, an eagle Or; second and third, Azure, three roses Or arranged in bend sinister; fourth, Sable, a horse galloping Or.
Alpen (von or van) Coat of Arms
Rhine Province, Flandre.
Vair, overall a lion Gules crowned Or.
Alpmanshofen Coat of Arms
Palatinat.
Or a stag's head and neck proper.
Alten Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, three lozenges vert set in bend sinister and arranged in bend, with four four-petalled roses gules placed over the junctions of the lozenges, as described in Rietstap.
Mecklenburg.
Argent, five lozenges and two half-lozenges gules conjoined in bend.
Alten d'Altenberg Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Per pale or and gules, overall a chevron per pale sable and argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Altenbockum Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Sable, an annulet argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Altenburg (Burgraves) Coat of Arms
Germany.
Gules two bars Argent.
Altendöpffer Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Argent on a bend Azure an acorn Gules without leaves, its cup Vert and aligned with the bend, between two stars Or.
Altendorf Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per pale: first, bendy of four Azure and Argent; second, Or a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the partition.
Swabia.
Per pale argent and sable.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Altenstein Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Gules, three hammers or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Althammer Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules a demi-man vested Or holding a hammer Or in each hand.
Althaus Coat of Arms
Baden.
Gules two staves ending in fleurs-de-lis and eradicated Argent, crossed in saltire.
Altheim Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Argent, a demi-lion Azure.
Althof called Scholtz Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Sable a griffin Or holding a sword Argent and standing on a mount Vert.
Altingen Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Gules three sickles Argent hafted Or, each fesswise and arranged one above another, their backs downward and points to sinister.
Altkover Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per pale Or and Sable, on the Or a man vested Sable, his sinister arm extended over the Sable and holding a staff Or directed toward the base.
Altmann Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent a demi-old man issuing from a mount Vert, vested Gules buttoned Or with a collar Or, wearing a cap Gules turned up Argent and holding two halberds in saltire before his body. The halberds' tinctures are not specified.
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules the head of a bearded old man proper; second and third, Or a chevron Azure with its apex formed as a lozenge Argent.
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Gules a very broad chevron divided into three chevron-shaped strips Or, Sable and Argent.
Altmannshausen Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a mount of three peaks Sable surmounted by a ploughshare proper palewise with its point downward; second and third, Azure a demi-man-at-arms proper holding a halberd. Overall an escutcheon Argent charged with a double-headed eagle Sable, each head crowned Or. The halberd's tincture is not specified.
Altrock Coat of Arms
Prussia, Mecklenburg, Saxony.
Per pale: first, Argent a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the partition, beaked, membered and crowned Or, its wing charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or, holding a sceptre Or in its talon and charged on the breast with the monogram F. II. Or; second, Gules a greyhound rampant Argent collared Or on a terrace Vert; all within a bordure Or.
Altschmid Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure three stars Or; second, Argent two bends Gules.
Altstädt Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly of eight, arranged in four columns and two rows: first and eighth, gules a demi-eagle argent issuing from the vertical division; second and seventh, or a demi-fleur-de-lis azure issuing from the vertical division; third and sixth, azure an anchor argent; fourth and fifth, azure a fleur-de-lis or.
Alttorf called Gropsberg Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Per fess argent and azure; second and third, argent, three fleurs-de-lis azure.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Alttorf called Wollschläger Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Per fess argent and azure.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Altzinger Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Sable a goose Argent without legs or tail, crowned Or.
Alvensleben Coat of Arms
Saxony, Prussia, Austria.
Or two bars Gules charged with three roses Argent, two on the upper bar and one on the lower.
Am surnames
Aman Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or, on a bend azure three fleurs-de-lis of the field.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Aman de Storchenau Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a stork proper holding an eel in its beak and standing on a mount Vert, the stork in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Argent a fess divided horizontally into three strips Azure, Sable and Azure, the Sable charged with a star Or. Overall an escutcheon Gules charged with a cross of Lorraine Argent rising from a crown Or on a hill Vert. The eel's tincture is not specified.
Aman de Zangenstein Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Sable, a fess or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Amann Coat of Arms
Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per pale: first, tierced in fess, Or a parrot Vert collared Gules, per pale Argent and Gules a fleur-de-lis counterchanged, and Sable a wheel Argent; second, per fess Sable a lion Or crowned Or, above Or an ox statant Sable.
Amann de Hasslbach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a demi-man in profile issuing from a terrace Or, vested Gules and girdled Argent, wearing a turban Argent with its crown Gules and flying ribbons Argent and Gules, holding in his dexter hand a hazel branch Vert, the man in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, per pale, barry of three Azure and Argent counterchanged.
Amasmayr or Amesmaier Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure, a fess Or between three fleurs-de-lis Or.
Ambach Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure three bends wavy Argent.
Ambaele Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure a chevron Argent with curved sides between two stars Argent in chief and a mount Vert in base.
Amberloh Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Sable a cross Or between twenty small crosses Or, five in each canton arranged two, one and two.
Ambling Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Per fess: first, Argent a demi-man proper issuing from the partition and holding in his dexter hand three pansies Azure stalked and leaved Vert; second, barry arched Gules and Argent, the Argent areas divided bendwise by lines Sable.
Ambly des Ayvelles Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent, three lions rampant sable armed and langued gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Ambranger d'Ambrang Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent a pair of pincers Gules bendwise.
Amelunxen (Barons) Coat of Arms
Brunswick, Hanover, Hesse, Prussia.
Gules, two pales of vair.
Aminoff Coat of Arms
Pomerania, Finlande.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules two guidons Or, their staffs crossed in saltire through a crown Or; second and third, Or a stag rampant proper.
Amira Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure with a dexter compartment Gules, on the Azure a garb Argent bound Argent between two swords Or arranged in chevron and touching the garb.
Amman Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Azure a rose Or seeded Gules, the field mantled Or with curved dividing lines.
Ammann Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per pale Or and Argent, overall a knight fully armed proper facing the viewer, his visor closed and helmet plumed with three ostrich feathers Sable, holding in his dexter hand a flag Gules fringed Or attached to a tournament lance proper, and in his raised sinister hand a laurel wreath Vert.
Ammerbacher Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess: first, Gules an anchor Argent bendwise, each fluke surmounted by a star Or; second, Azure a fleur-de-lis Gules.
Ammerthal Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Or three spade blades Azure shaped like lime leaves, their sockets upward.
Ammon Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules two lions Argent crowned Or, back to back and crossed in saltire, each with only one foreleg and one hindleg, their tails lowered.
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Or a demi-man vested Sable with a collar Argent and a pointed cap Sable turned up Argent, holding in his extended dexter hand a sickle proper; second, Azure a lion passant Argent.
Ammon or Amon Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Saxony.
Per bend sinister sable and or, overall a unicorn salient argent langued gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Ammoni de Dietersdorf Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Barry Sable and Or, the first Sable bar charged with two stars Or and the third Sable bar with one star Or; overall a chevron Argent with curved sides.
Ampach Coat of Arms
Saxony, Courlande.
Per fess Gules and Azure, overall an eagle Sable in profile with its wings raised and head turned back, holding in its dexter talon a sword bendwise sinister passing behind its neck and over its dexter wing, its sinister talon resting upon a laurel branch Vert fructed Gules fesswise on the Azure. The sword's tincture is not specified.
Ampach auf Grienfelden Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Austria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a bend wavy Argent between two bezants, the bend disappearing into a thicket Vert in sinister base; second and third, Argent a griffin Gules crowned with an antique crown Or, holding a sword Argent in one paw and supporting a book bound Azure with gilt edges in the other, the griffin in the third quarter facing sinister.
Ampringen or Ambring Coat of Arms
Switzerland, Prussia, Denmark.
Gules, three pales argent, overall a fess or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Amsberg Coat of Arms
Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Prussia.
Vert a castle embattled Argent with its doorway Vert on a terrace proper, surmounted by three towers Argent, the middle tower roofed with a dome Gules and the other two embattled.
Amschwang Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Chequy sable and or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Amsheim Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or a raven Sable on a mount Sable.
Amsler Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or a blackbird Sable perched on a branch Vert fesswise.
Amstall Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Per pale Argent and Gules, two stars counterchanged.
Amstel, Ambstel or Ambster Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules, two fesses argent each charged with three saltires couped sable.
Amstetter Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per fess Gules and Sable, overall a tower Or with its doorway Sable, on a mount Vert.
Amus (von der) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Or, on a fess Sable a leafy branch Or in fess.
Prussia.
Or, on a fess sable a branch leaved of the field in fess.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
An surnames
Ancart Coat of Arms
Germany.
Vairy Azure and Or; on a chief Or a demi-eagle Sable, the chief supported by a narrow fess Azure charged with a star Or.
Ancillon Coat of Arms
Lorraine, Prussia.
Gules a garb between three stars in fess in chief and a crescent in base, all Or.
Anckelmann Coat of Arms
Meissen, Hamburg.
Gules three ploughshares Argent side by side with their points downward, each supported by one of the three peaks of a mount Vert.
Anckerheim or Anckershein [formerly Mathesius] Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Per pale: first, Gules an anchor Argent entwined by a dolphin proper, its head downward and to sinister and its tail upward and to dexter; second, Or a sinister arm in armour proper issuing from a cloud, the hand proper holding a bunch of grapes Gules stalked and leaved Vert; all within a bordure Or. The cloud's tincture is not specified.
Anclam Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Per pale: first, per fess Azure and Or with a fess chequy of three rows Argent and Gules over the horizontal partition, the Azure charged with a star Or and the Or with a rose Gules; second, a demi-mill-wheel issuing from the vertical partition between two stars, one in sinister chief and one in sinister base. The tinctures of the second field and its charges are not specified.
Andechs (Counts) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Argent a lion passant Gules; second, Azure an eagle Or.
Andelberg Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Per pale Argent and Gules, a woman with her hands crossed upon her stomach, dressed in German fashion counterchanged with her cuffs counterchanged, her face and arms proper.
Andernach Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Per fess Argent and Sable, on the Argent a bird proper.
Anders de Knorr Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per pale: first, Or a two-handled jug Gules; second, Argent a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the partition, beaked and membered Or, its wing charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or; all within a bordure Or.
Anderten Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Vert, on a fess argent three lions' heads gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Andigné (Counts) Coat of Arms
Anjou, Bretagne, Prussia.
Argent, three eagles gules beaked and membered azure.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Andlaw-Birseck Coat of Arms
Baden.
Or a cross Gules.
Andlaw-Homburg Coat of Arms
Baden.
Or a double-headed eagle Sable beaked and membered Or and langued Gules, charged on its breast with an escutcheon Or bearing a cross Gules.
Andorfer de Landsberied Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Sable, a unicorn rampant Or.
André called von Axleben-Magnus Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent three pot-hangers Sable, each bendwise and arranged in bend sinister; a bordure Gules.
Andreae Coat of Arms
Frankfurt, Hesse.
Argent, a saltire couped gules between four roses of the same.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Andreæ d'Ennershausen Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Argent, two stumps gules in saltire between four stars azure.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Ane rivière en barre, br. sur le Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent, a rose-bush leaved vert.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Anesorge Coat of Arms
Meissen.
Per fess: first, Azure a crown Or; second, Or three pallets Azure.
Anethan de Densborn Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, azure a lion sejant gules holding an upright laurel branch vert in its sinister paw; second, azure three pales or.
Angelloch Coat of Arms
Palatinate.
Azure, a fish-hook argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Angeloch Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Gules fretty Or, overall a fess Or.
Angely Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure a fess Or between two stars Argent, one in chief and one in base.
Anger Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Azure, a lion rampant or armed and langued gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Angern Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess Argent and Sable, two arrows counterchanged in saltire, their points curved into hooks and facing one another.
Angern-Stilcke Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale: first, Sable two barbless fish-hooks Argent in saltire with their points upward and lower ends triangular; second, Argent a chevron Azure surmounted by a star Or, in base an eagle Sable beaked, membered and crowned Or; all within a bordure Or.
Angerort Coat of Arms
Cologne, Rhine Province.
Azure, a fess argent, in chief two leopards' heads or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Angerstein Coat of Arms
Germany, Angleterre.
Paly of eight azure and or, overall a saltire argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Anhalt (von) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure three stars Or; second and third, Or two wings Sable back to back. Overall an escutcheon per pale: first, Argent a wall embattled Gules bendwise with its gateway Argent, a bear passant Sable collared Argent walking on the battlements; second, chequy of twelve Sable and Argent; over this divided escutcheon a narrow bend Gules.
Prussia.
Quarterly: first, per bend sinister, Or a bear passant Sable facing sinister and placed bendwise, and chequy bendwise sinister Sable and Argent; second, Gules two bars Argent; third, Argent plain; fourth, Argent a sinister arm brandishing a sabre, all proper.
Anker Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure, an anchor or.
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Annesley Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent, two pales azure, overall a bend gules.
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Ansbach Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Sable a lion Or holding a scythe Argent with its blade downward.
Ansillon Coat of Arms
Brabant, Bavaria.
Gules three keys Argent with their wards upward; on a chief Or three stars Azure.
Antenried Coat of Arms
Hesse, Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a lion Gules crowned Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Or on a bend Sable three bezants. Overall an escutcheon bendy of four Gules and Argent.
Anthein Coat of Arms
Germany.
Argent a cock Sable collared and buckled Or.
Anton Coat of Arms
Saxony, Prussia.
Azure, three mallets or hafted proper, placed horizontally, two and one.
Antoni or Anthoni (von) Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Azure on a bend sinister Gules two hills Vert issuing from its lower edge, three six-pointed stars Or in half-orle in chief and three more six-pointed stars Or along its sinister side; in sinister base two hills Vert bendwise sinister issuing from the corner.
Anwarth Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure, a lozenge or.
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Ap surnames
Apel Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules a cross Argent charged with four escutcheons Gules, their points directed toward the centre of the cross.
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Quarterly: first, Azure an eight-pointed star Or; second, Or a lion Sable langued Gules; third, Argent a sinister arm in armour proper holding a sword; fourth, Gules an eight-pointed star Or. Overall an escutcheon Or charged with a raven Sable standing on a ball Azure and holding a ring Or in its beak. The sword's tincture is not specified.
Apell Coat of Arms
Lippe, Hesse, Prussia.
Quarterly Or and Azure, an eight-pointed star counterchanged.
Apenburg Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Azure a wolf springing Argent.
Apfenthal Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules on a fess Sable three plates.
Apianus Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Or a double-headed eagle Sable, each head with a halo Or, at the centre of a circular orle nebuly Argent on Azure.
Apinus Coat of Arms
Württemberg, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Sable, on a bend or three bees proper in bend.
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Appel Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or a young woman issuing from the base, crowned with flowers and supporting a wreath of flowers in her extended dexter hand. The tinctures of the figure and flowers are not specified.
Appenberger Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Quarterly: first, per bend sinister nebuly Sable and Or; second and third, Sable two bars Or; fourth, per bend nebuly Or and Sable.
Appenheim Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Gules, on a bend argent three torteaux.
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Aps Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Gules, an eagle's leg Argent, its talon downward and a wing attached at the thigh, between two trefoils Vert, all supported by a terrace Vert.
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Ar surnames
Arbin Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure a square castle embattled Argent on a terrace Vert, above it two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire.
Arco (Counts) Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules three bows Or stringed Sable, each fesswise and arranged one above another.
Ardeck Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Sable a lion barry of eight Argent and Azure, langued Gules and crowned Or.
Ardey (Counts) Coat of Arms
Cologne, Rhine Province.
Gyronny or and gules.
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Areken Coat of Arms
Cologne, Rhine Province.
Argent a double trident Sable.
Aremberg, Burgraves of Cologne Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Gules, three roses or.
Arends Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Argent an eagle's head and neck Gules.
Arensberg Coat of Arms
Rhine Province, Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Argent a cross Sable; second, Azure an eagle Argent.
Arenschild Coat of Arms
Bremen, Denmark.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a demi-lion Or; second and third, Argent an eagle Sable.
Arensdorf Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per pale: first, Chequy or and sable; second, or, a lion rampant sable crowned or.
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Arenstein Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Argent, a fess gules, a bordure azure.
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Arenstorf or Arnstorph Coat of Arms
Prussia, Denmark.
Azure three portcullises Argent, two issuing from the corners of the chief and the third reversed and issuing from the base, with three fleurs-de-lis Argent, one beneath each upper portcullis and one above the lower portcullis.
Arenswald Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per bend argent and sable, overall three roses gules in bend seeded or.
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Arenthal Coat of Arms
Cologne, Rhine Province.
Gules, an eagle or beaked and membered azure.
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Arentsschildt [formerly Arentsen] Coat of Arms
Hanover, Saxony, Silesia.
Per pale: first, Gules a demi-eagle Or issuing from the partition; second, per fess, Or a heart Gules sprouting three ears of corn proper, above Azure a knight fully armed mounted on a bay horse. The armour's tincture is not specified.
Aresinger Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess argent and gules.
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Argau Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Or, three pales sable.
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Argensol (Barons) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Or a double-headed eagle Sable; second, Or three hearts Gules.
Arin Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, per pale Gules and Argent, a fleur-de-lis counterchanged; second, Azure a crescent reversed Or.
Armeni Coat of Arms
Germany.
Gules a crane in its vigilance Argent supported by a crown Or on a mount Vert; the field mantled Azure with curved dividing lines, each side charged with a griffin Or, the griffins facing one another and together supporting a cross of Lorraine Or.
Armi (Edle von dall') Coat of Arms
Italy, Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a fully armed rider firing a pistol and mounted on a horse galloping Sable on a terrace Vert, the rider and horse in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Azure two caducei Or in saltire with a star Or above. The tinctures of the rider's armour and pistol are not specified.
Armin Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a griffin Or crowned Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules on a fess Argent a four-petalled rose Gules. Overall an escutcheon Argent charged with a large oak tree Vert on a terrace Vert between six smaller oak trees, with a small cross Gules in dexter chief.
Armur Coat of Arms
Germany.
Or three Moors' heads wreathed Azure, the upper two facing one another and the lower one facing the viewer. The heads' tincture is not specified.
Arnburg Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Barry of four sable and or.
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Arndt Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale: first, gules a column argent surmounted by a star or; second, azure an oval buckle argent with its tongue toward dexter, between two boars' heads sable tusked argent in pale. A bordure or surrounds the shield.
Arndt d'Aerndtenreich Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per fess: first, per pale, per bend Argent and Sable with three roses Gules seeded Or over the partition in bend, and Azure on a bend Argent three roses Gules seeded Or; second, Argent a plough of four shares proper with its wheels to dexter.
Arnfeldt Coat of Arms
Brunswick.
Per fess: first, Or an eagle Sable; second, Gules plain.
Arnholtz Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, Gules a lion passant Argent holding between its paws a heart enflamed Gules; second, Argent a tree trunk proper sending out three branches Vert which extend over the Gules.
Arnim Coat of Arms
Pomerania, Prussia.
Gules, two fesses argent.
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Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent an eagle Sable, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or on each wing and the intertwined letters FR Or beneath a crown Or on its breast; second and third, Gules two bars Argent.
Editorial note: The named Prussian eagle is expanded using Rietstap’s dictionary definition.
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Arnim de Sackow Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules, two fesses argent.
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Arnim de Suckow Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules, two fesses argent.
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Arnold Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Per bend: first, Azure three stars Or in bend; second, Argent three roses Gules in bend; over the partition a bend Or.
Germany.
Argent a cross flory Gules.
Prussia.
Gules a star Or; a bordure Or.
Rhine Province, Norvège.
Azure three acorns Or without leaves, each bendwise with its stalk downward, two and one.
Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a saltire Or; second and third, Azure a Moor's bust without arms, vested Or and blindfolded Argent. Overall an escutcheon Or charged with an eagle Sable beaked and membered Or, its breast and wings charged with a crescent Argent, each horn supporting a small cross Argent and a like cross within the curve of the crescent.
Arnold de Dobroslau Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Chequy gules and argent, overall on a bend azure a lion passant guardant or.
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Arnold de Nittenau Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Or a stork proper on a mount Vert.
Arnold-Ehrenberg Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first, Gules a griffin Or facing sinister; second, Argent a wing Gules fesswise, its back ending to dexter in an eagle's head turned to sinister, the wing charged with a crescent Or; third, Or a tree Vert on a terrace Vert; fourth, Azure a lion Or holding a wreath of foliage Vert in its dexter paw.
Arnoldin Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, Or a demi-man proper holding an arrow in his dexter hand and a bow in his sinister hand; second, chequy Argent and Gules. The tinctures of the bow and arrow are not specified.
Arnoldt Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess Sable and Or, a griffin counterchanged on a terrace Vert, holding a wingless caduceus Or surmounted by a star Or.
Arnsberg Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Or an eagle Sable charged on the breast with a cramp iron Or.
Arnsberg (Counts) Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Azure, an eagle argent.
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Arnshag (Counts) Coat of Arms
Thuringia.
Argent, an eagle gules.
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Arnstädt or Arnstedt Coat of Arms
Silesia, Saxony.
Per bend argent and sable, overall three roses gules in bend seeded or, barbed vert.
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Arnstein Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, five points gules equipollé to four argent; second and third, azure plain.
Arnswalde or Arenswald Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Or on a bend Argent two boars' heads Sable with their snouts toward dexter chief.
Arnswaldt Coat of Arms
Prussia, Hanover, Mecklenburg.
Azure, on a bend argent three roses, six leaves gules.
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Arpeau de Gallatin Coat of Arms
Württemberg.
Gules three stags' heads cabossed Argent; on a chief Or three roundels Azure, two and one.
Arras d'Arentzdorf Coat of Arms
Livonia, Silesia.
Per pale Sable and Argent, an anchor reversed counterchanged.
Artis de Béquignolle Coat of Arms
France, Prussia.
Azure a chevron Or between three spur rowels with their necks Or, the upper two bendwise and bendwise sinister, the lower one fesswise with its rowel to dexter; a bordure Or.
Artmann Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per fess Azure and Argent, overall a griffin Or on a mount Or holding between its paws a fish Argent palewise.
Artzat Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per bend or and azure, overall on a bend argent an arrow or in bend.
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Artzt Coat of Arms
Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per pale Or and Sable, overall a vulture Gules with its wings raised.
Arz [Arzio] de Wasegg Coat of Arms
Tyrol, Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules two demi-lions Argent back to back issuing from a river proper in base; second and third, per fess Azure and Or, four lions passant counterchanged, one above another.
Arzt (Counts) Coat of Arms
Baden.
Gules two demi-lions Argent back to back issuing from a fess wavy Argent in base.
As surnames
Asch Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Azure a lion Or; second, Gules three chevrons Argent.
Swabia.
Gules three chevrons Argent.
Asch (von) zu Asch auf Oberndorf Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent an ash tree eradicated proper, its trunk passing through an antique crown of five points Or; second and third, Gules three chevrons Argent. Overall an escutcheon Argent charged with an ash tree eradicated proper, its trunk passing through an antique crown of five points Or.
Aschauer (von) Barons von Lichtenthurn von und zu Achenrain und Windegg or Freundsheim Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Austria.
Per fess: first, Or a double-headed eagle Sable holding a sceptre in its dexter talon and an orb in its sinister talon; second, Azure a sun Or in chief, in base a crescent with a human face Or turned to sinister at dexter and a star Or at sinister. The tinctures of the sceptre and orb are not specified.
Aschauer d'Achenrain Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a star Or; second, Argent a sun Or; third, Or a crescent Argent turned to sinister.
Ascheberg Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Hanover, Prussia, Courlande.
Per fess: first, Gules two dishes Or side by side with spiral fluting, alternatively described as roses; second, Or plain.
Aschenborn de Collin Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per bend: first, Azure a dexter arm in armour Argent issuing from a cloud proper at the sinister flank, the hand proper holding a sword; second, Gules two stars Or in bend. On a bend Argent over the partition three columns Sable with their capitals and bases Or, each column crowned Or. The sword's tincture is not specified.
Aschenhofer Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a lion Gules, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules a dolphin Argent, that in the third quarter facing sinister.
Aschersleben Coat of Arms
Silesia, Mecklenburg.
Gules three garden lilies proper on a terrace Vert between two sickles Argent facing one another, hafted Or with their cutting edges serrated.
Aschhausen Coat of Arms
Württemberg.
Gules a wheel of six spokes Or.
Aschoff Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent, a tree leaf vert on a mount vert, surmounted by five stars or, three and two; on a chief gules a sword proper placed horizontally.
Aschwede Coat of Arms
Westphalia, Groningue.
Or three squirrels Gules each cracking a nut.
Asmuth called Walmont Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a star Argent; second and third, Gules, an anchor Or without a stock, supported by a mount Vert. Enté en point Or, a palm tree on a terrace Vert.
Aspach (Counts) Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Styrie.
Per bend Gules and Argent, two arrows bendwise counterchanged.
Aspelkamp or Espelcamp Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Or three spindles Gules.
Asperg or Hohenasperg (Counts) Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Sable a gonfanon per pale Argent and Gules.
Asseburg (Barons von der) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Or, a wolf crouching proper.
Asseburg (von der) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, two keys Argent in saltire; second and third, Argent, an eagle Sable surmounted by a crown with nine pearls. Overall an inescutcheon Or charged with a wolf crouching Sable. The tincture of the crown in the second and third quarters is not specified.
Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, two arms erect vested Or and cuffed Azure, their hands proper holding two banners crossed in saltire, the dexter banner Sable and the sinister Or, each charged with the monogram FR Or surmounted by a royal crown Or; second and third, Or, a wolf crouching proper. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with an eagle Sable, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or on each wing and the intertwined letters FR Or beneath a crown Or on its breast.
Editorial note: The named Prussian eagle is expanded using Rietstap’s dictionary definition.
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Asseburg (von der) von Falkenstein Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first, Azure, three falcons rising and facing sinister proper, one above another; second and third, per pale, dexter Argent with a half-eagle Sable issuing from the partition, sinister barry of four Or and Sable; fourth, Argent, a barred helmet proper. Overall an inescutcheon Or charged with a wolf crouching Sable.
Asseburg Hornhausen und Neindorf (von) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Or a demi-wolf Sable langued Gules issuing from the partition; second, Sable three ibex horns Argent, the upper two back to back; over the partition a fess Gules.
Assel (von der) or Ossel Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Azure, an ox passant sable.
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Asselen Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Per fess: first, Argent a demi-lion Sable issuing from the partition; second, Sable three annulets Argent.
Asselt (von) Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Gules a fleur-de-lis Or.
Asshelm Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent two bends, the upper Sable and the lower Gules, between them a greyhound courant Sable collared and buckled Or.
Assmann Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per bend Argent and Gules, overall a tree trunk eradicated proper bendwise.
Astaller Coat of Arms
Munich, Bavaria.
Per pale Sable and Argent, overall a ragged staff Vert bearing two oak leaves Vert on each side.
Asten (von) Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per bend Or and Gules, a lion per bend Sable and Argent holding between its paws a ragged staff proper palewise.
Aster Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure, a star argent.
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Astner Coat of Arms
Germany.
Sable, a lion rampant or grasping with all four paws a leafy branch vert curved into a semicircle.
Aswalter Coat of Arms
Germany.
Or a chevron divided into chevron-shaped halves Gules and Argent, between two doves volant proper facing one another in chief and in base a tree Vert between a pair of stag's antlers proper, the tree and antlers on a mount Vert.
Aszhelm Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent a greyhound courant Sable collared Or, bendwise between two bendlets, the upper Sable and the lower Gules.
At surnames
Attaler Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per bend: first, Sable a hound rampant proper; second, Or a demi-fleur-de-lis Azure issuing from the partition.
Attena Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Or, a bear rampant sable.
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Attendorn Coat of Arms
Lübeck.
Azure a crescent Or turned to dexter between three stars Or.
Attenhem Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Sable, an escutcheon argent at the centre.
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Attinger Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Or two forearms in armour proper issuing from the corners of the chief and holding a harrow Sable above a mount Sable.
Attlmayer Coat of Arms
Tirol, Bavaria.
Argent, a bend gules between two lions rampant of the same.
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Atzenheim (Edle von) Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure an anchor reversed Argent, two magpies proper facing one another perched on its stock; second and third, Argent a fess Gules embattled on both edges, the battlements on one edge opposite the gaps on the other.
Au surnames
Aubier de la Monteilhe Coat of Arms
Auvergne, Prussia.
Or a chevron Gules between two spur rowels Azure in chief and a crescent Azure in base.
Aubracht-Prondzynski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Azure a crescent reversed Or beneath three stars Or, one and two; second, Gules two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire.
Auel Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Gules on a fess Argent three vair bells Azure reversed.
Auer Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess Gules and Sable, on the Gules at sinister a trefoil Argent issuing from the partition, and on the Sable at dexter a trefoil Argent reversed issuing from the partition, both trefoils with greatly widened stalk ends.
Prussia.
Gules a wild ox's head proper.
Rothenburg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent a heathcock Sable with its wings raised, on a hill Vert.
Silesia.
Or, a goat's head and neck Sable.
Auer (Edle von) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a heathcock rising proper on a mount Vert, the bird in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules, a fountain in the form of a column Or on a terrace Vert, spouting water Argent through a side pipe into a cup Or standing on the terrace; the fountain stands to sinister in the second quarter and to dexter in the third.
Auer d'Au Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or, a falcon rising proper on a mount Vert.
Auer d'Auburg Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Gules, a fess embattled Argent masoned Sable.
Auer d'Aufhausen Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess, paly of three Argent and Gules counterchanged. Overall an inescutcheon Azure charged with a heathcock proper standing on a mount Vert between two tufts of grass Vert.
Auer de Gessenberg Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, a lion's head gules.
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Auer de Herrenkirchen Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale Sable and Argent, six annulets arranged in two vertical rows counterchanged.
Auer de Steffling Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or, on a bend azure three balls gules.
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Auer de Tobl et Auer de Griessbach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules, three bugle horns Sable, their mouthpieces and bells Argent, one above another.
Auer de Winckel Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, a lion's head gules.
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Auer de Winckel, Barons Gold de Lampoding Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess Argent and Gules, three hunting horns counterchanged, stringed Argent; on a chief Argent a lion's head Gules.
Auerbach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per pale Sable and Or, three stars in pale counterchanged; second and third, per fess Azure and Or, three roses Gules seeded Or, stalked and leaved Vert, extending across the partition and growing from a mount Vert.
Aueren Coat of Arms
Germany.
Or, on a chevron Sable between three hens proper, three roses Or.
Auerochs Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Argent, an ox passant Sable girt Argent.
Auerweck Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure, a dove volant Argent accompanied in dexter chief by a star Argent; second, Or, three bends Azure.
Auerweck de Steilenfels Coat of Arms
Austria, Baden.
Per pale: dexter, Gules, a knight in complete armour Argent, in profile, on a terrace Vert, holding a sword in his dexter hand; sinister, Azure, a tree trunk proper issuing from the base, with a branch supporting a heathcock facing the viewer, its wings open and lowered. The tinctures of the sword and heathcock are not specified.
Auffenberg (Barons) Coat of Arms
Baden.
Azure, an owl proper on a mount Or.
Aufschlager Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess Azure and Or, a lion counterchanged holding a banner per fess Argent and Gules charged with a saltire Or.
Aufsess (von und zu) Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Austria.
Azure, on a fess argent a rose, six leaves gules.
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Augsperger Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a chamois proper with its head facing the viewer, standing on a rocky peak proper; second, barry of four Sable, Or, Gules and Argent; third, Sable, a star Or.
Augsten or Austen Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per pale: dexter, Gules, a unicorn rampant Argent; sinister, Or, two bends Sable.
Augstin or Owstin Coat of Arms
Prussia, Suède, Denmark.
Argent, a chevron with curved sides Gules.
Augustin von und zu Eisendorf und Grafing Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules above a base wavy argent, the gules charged with a bundle of three arrows or surmounted by an escutcheon azure bearing an eye proper; second and third, per fess sable and or, a griffin counterchanged standing on a mount vert and holding an olive branch vert between its paws.
Aulick Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure, a stag proper issuing from a crown Or.
Aulock or Aulogk Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent, an ox passant sable.
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Auracher Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Barry argent and sable.
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Aurifavre Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules, a star Or between a pair of stag's antlers Argent.
Aurificibus (de) Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure, a falcon Or with wings raised, standing on a mount Vert.
Aurnheimer Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Or, a heathcock proper on a mount Vert.
Aurrick Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a dexter arm in armour Argent, its hand proper holding a sword Argent; second and third, bendy sinister of four Argent and Gules. Overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with a bird Argent perched on a ragged staff proper.
Aussem Coat of Arms
Cologne, Rhine Province.
Azure, a chevron Or between three horseshoes Or, their ends downward.
Austi (Barons) Coat of Arms
Germany.
Or, a rose azure seeded of the field.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Austke Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent, a felled tree trunk in bend sinister sprouting a leaf on each side, all Gules.
Autenried Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Bendy of four Gules and Argent, overall a square per bend Gules and Argent, counterchanged against the field.
Auwach or Aubach Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Gules, a lion passant Or crowned Or and charged on the shoulder with a star Argent.
Av surnames
Avemann called Letta Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Gules, a knight in complete armour Argent standing on a terrace Argent, with a sword Or at his hip and a plume of feathers Argent on his helmet, holding a war hammer Argent in his dexter hand and resting his sinister hand on his hip.
Averbach Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Argent, a fess Sable charged with an annulet Or, supporting a demi-lion Gules in chief.
Averdieck Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Argent, a mermaid proper with two tails Vert, facing the viewer in a sea proper, holding coral Gules in her dexter hand and a billet Gules in her sinister; the field chapé ployé: the dexter side Gules, a crown Or supporting a pair of wings, the dexter Or and the sinister Argent, with a star Or between them; the sinister side Azure, a sinister arm in armour proper issuing from a cloud at the edge, its hand proper brandishing a falchion. The tinctures of the cloud and falchion are not specified.
Averenck Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Sable, a pheon argent with its point upward.
Averhagen Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Argent, three chess-rooks sable in bend.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Averheide Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Per fess Or and Azure, overall a bend embattled on both edges Argent.
Ax surnames
Axt Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Azure, an escutcheon or at the centre.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Silesia.
Per fess: first, Sable, two axes Argent hafted Or in saltire; second, Argent, a ragged tree trunk proper in fess.
Axter Coat of Arms
Austria, Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a lion Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Azure, a chevron with curved sides Argent, raised above three rocky peaks Argent issuing from the base, between three plates.
Axthalb (Edle von) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules, a lion Or holding an axe Argent; on a chief Azure three stars Or.
Axthelm Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure, a bendlet couped or in bend sinister.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Ay surnames
Aycher de Herngiesdorf Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Sable, two oak branches each bearing two leaves and two acorns, crossed twice in saltire and issuing from a mount, all Or.
Ayermann Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or, a demi-man vested Azure and wearing a cap Gules turned up Argent, supporting an egg proper in each hand.
Ayerschöttel Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or, a basket with a handle Sable.
Ayner Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Argent, two lions rampant guardant Gules, one above another.
Ayrer Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, a demi-roebuck proper pierced through the breast by an arrow Or in bend.
Ayrer de Landseck Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable, a demi-roebuck Gules pierced by an arrow proper in bend, point downward; second and third, Or, a parrot Argent collared Or, its wings raised.
Aysma Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Argent, a lion rampant sable.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Ayzinger Coat of Arms
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Gules, a demi-man issuing from the base, vested Argent and wearing a wreath Or and Gules, holding a lighted torch proper in his raised dexter hand; the field chaperonné ployé Or, divided by curved lines from the centre of the chief to the middle of each side, the dexter upper compartment charged with a demi-griffin Gules and the sinister upper compartment with a dove volant proper facing sinister.
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Az surnames
Aze, Atze or Atcze Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Or, a hunting horn Sable stringed and ringed Or.
Azelt Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, a magpie Sable on a mount Vert.
Azinger de Meiling (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Paly of three gules and argent, counterchanged across a horizontal division.
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