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Blazons of Germany - C

This collection presents 380 German-linked shield entries beginning with C 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 C 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, distinct variants have been separated, and duplicate or misfiled transcriptions have been resolved. Wider coverage, cross-references and full primary-page verification remain in progress.

Ca surnames

Caden Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a knight in complete armour Argent, his helmet plumed Argent, standing on a mount Vert and holding in his dexter hand a tournament lance resting on the mount, his sinister hand on his hip; a bordure Or. The lance's tincture is not specified.

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Cadus Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Argent, a trefoil gules.

Rietstap: French transcription and source reference

Caesar Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, on a bend Gules a crescent with a human face Or between two stars Or, the crescent's horns directed toward sinister chief; in base three mountains Vert side by side, descending in height from dexter to sinister.

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Caillat Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, a chevron Or between two roses Argent in chief and a greyhound courant Argent in base.

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Calaminus Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a lion Gules holding a palm branch Vert; second and third, Gules, a caduceus Or, its serpents crowned Or.

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Calben Coat of Arms

Prussia, Lübeck.
Gules, three stars Argent.

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Calbo or Calbow Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, three fesses argent.

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Caldorinus (Counts) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, an eagle Sable, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Azure, a stag's head and neck proper with a rose Gules between its antlers.

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Caleum called Lohausen Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Or, a fess gules between three annulets of the same.

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Calle or Kaile Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a fess chequy of three rows Gules and Or.

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Calmüntzer Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per fess enclavé Or and Sable, with a rectangular step in the dividing line.

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Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per pale: dexter, Sable, an eagle's leg Or facing sinister; sinister, per fess enclavé, with a rectangular step in the dividing line, Azure plain above Argent charged with an eagle's leg Or.

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Calw Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Or, a lion passant guardant Gules crowned Azure, standing on an isolated mount Azure.

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Camacino Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, Azure, a sun Or; second, Gules, a lion Or on a terrace Vert; over the partition a fess Argent.

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Camas Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a bend Gules supporting a jackdaw Sable, with a crescent Azure in chief.

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Prussia.
Per pale: dexter, Argent, a bend Gules supporting a jackdaw Sable, with a crescent Azure in chief; sinister, Argent, a stag's head and neck proper.

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Camerarius Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Argent, three crows proper.

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Camerer Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a chevron Sable between two stars Or in chief and a vine leaf Vert in base growing upright from a small ragged staff proper placed fesswise; second and third, Sable, a ragged staff Or in bend.

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Cammerer Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Azure, two crescents or addorsed.

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Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Per pale: first, gules plain; second, bendy of four argent and azure.

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Cammermeister Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, three birds sable.

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Cammerstein (Counts) Coat of Arms

Thuringia.
Per pale: dexter, Or, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the partition; sinister, Argent, a fess embattled Gules.

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Cammury (Barons) Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Argent, two bars Azure, overall a serpent Vert undulating in pale; on a chief Azure a five-pointed star Or.

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Campanini Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a laurel wreath Vert; second and third, Azure, a crane in its vigilance proper on a terrace Vert. Overall an inescutcheon per fess: first, Argent, a star Or between three bells Or; second, Or, a horse galloping Sable.

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Campe Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the vertical partition; second, Azure, a crescent reversed Or placed bendwise with a star Or between its horns; third, Azure, a crescent upright Or placed bendwise with a star Or between its horns. Overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with a fox rampant Argent crowned and collared Or.

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Campe d'Isenbüttel Coat of Arms

Brunswick, Mecklenburg.
Gules, a fess dancetty Argent.

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Campe de Deensen Coat of Arms

Brunswick, Prussia.
Per pale: dexter, per pale barry of five Or and Gules counterchanged, or alternatively chequy Or and Gules; sinister, Sable plain.

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Campemanis Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly of six in three columns and two rows: first, Azure, two bones Argent in saltire; second, Azure, a star Or; third, per fess, Or a castle of two towers Gules above Or an eagle Sable; fourth, Gules, a castle of two towers Or; fifth, Or, a castle of two towers Gules; sixth, Azure, on a chief Or an eight-pointed star Gules. Overall an inescutcheon Or charged with an eagle Gules surmounted by an imperial crown. The crown's tincture is not specified.

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Campen (von) Coat of Arms

Bremen.
Gules, on a fess argent three wolves' heads proper.

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Saxony.
Quarterly: first, Vert, a tower surmounted by a pennon and joined on its dexter side to an outer wall issuing from the dexter edge, all Argent masoned Sable, with a ladder Argent on the sinister side leaning against the tower, all on a terrace Vert; second, Or, a lion Gules, overall a fess wavy Azure; third, Argent, a ship of three masts Or sailing on a sea Vert; fourth, Argent, a flag fesswise resting on two kettle-drums proper, with an eagle Sable above. The flag's tincture is not specified.

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Campen de Kirchberg Coat of Arms

Hanover.
Azure, a sinister arm vested Gules and cuffed Argent issuing from a cloud Argent, its hand gauntleted Argent holding a sword Argent hilted Or upright, entwined by a serpent proper facing sinister.

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Camping Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a star Or to dexter and a crescent with a human face Or to sinister, its horns turned toward dexter.

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Campion (Knights) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a castle flanked by two towers Gules, its windows Sable, the castle doorway Azure and each tower doorway Vert, standing on a terrace Vert; a palm tree eradicated Vert passes through the castle doorway and rises behind the building, its roots extending over the terrace.

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Campo (del) Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Argent, three eagles gules.

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Camus (le), Counts of Fürstenstein Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, quarterly Sable and Argent; second, Gules, a horse galloping Argent; third, Azure, a tower Argent with its doorway Azure, a staff projecting bendwise sinister from its battlements toward sinister, with a stone suspended from the staff by a cord. Overall an inescutcheon Azure charged with an anchor Argent without a stock, placed bendwise. The tinctures of the staff, stone and cord are not specified.

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Camuzi Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess Gules and Azure, overall a tower of two stages Argent, its doorway, windows and masonry Sable.

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Cancrin Coat of Arms

Hesse, Baden.
Quarterly: first and fourth, or, a crayfish gules fesswise; second and third, azure, two fesses argent, each charged with two stars sable.

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Canden-Trzcienski Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, two greyhounds Argent running side by side on a terrace, with a crescent Or in chief and a star Or between its horns. The terrace's tincture is not specified.

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Candidus Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a crane in its vigilance Argent on a mount Vert; second, Azure, a fess Vert between two stars Or, one in chief and one in base; third, per fess Azure and Vert, overall a sword Argent hilted Or.

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Canitz Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia, Austria.
Argent, a saltire Gules between four six-petalled roses Gules seeded Or. Overall an inescutcheon Or charged with a double-headed eagle Sable surmounted by an imperial crown. The crown's tincture is not specified.

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Canitz de Loos Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, or a buffalo's head caboshed sable; second and third, argent a saltire gules between four six-petalled roses gules seeded or.

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Cannler Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Gules, a bend sinister Argent; second, Azure plain.

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Canstein (Barons) Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a baton of command Or encircled by two rings Sable and placed bendwise sinister; second and third, Argent, a wing Sable, that in the third quarter reversed. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with a raven Sable crowned Or.

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Cantagalli de Löwenfels Coat of Arms

Hanover.
Azure, a demi-lion Or issuing from a mount Argent and holding a ladder Argent.

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Cantenius Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly in saltire: chief and base, Azure, a ring Or; dexter, Gules, a rose Argent stalked and leaved Vert; sinister, Argent, a rose Gules stalked and leaved Vert.

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Cantzler Coat of Arms

Rothenburg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, two cramp irons Argent crossed to form a cross and supported by a mount Vert.

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Canzler Coat of Arms

Bavaria, England.
Per fess Argent and Gules, overall a stag rampant proper holding a leafy branch Vert between its teeth.

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Bavaria, England.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, on a bend Argent a star Or; second and third, Or, a lion Gules supporting a ploughshare Argent between its paws.

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Capeindl Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, a cock Sable standing on a mount Vert and holding a ring Argent in its beak.

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Capellen (van der) Coat of Arms

Gueldre, Utrecht, Hesse.
Azure, a cross moline Argent, with a chapel Or in dexter chief, its roof and cross Or and its windows Gules.

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Capellen (von), Capelle, Kapellen or Kappel Coat of Arms

Brandenburg, Mecklenburg.
Argent, a woman's bust issuing from the base and facing the viewer, vested Azure, her hair loose and her head crowned with foliage Vert. The tinctures of her face and hair are not specified.

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Capeller Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale: dexter, Azure, a chapel Argent roofed Gules and surmounted by a bell tower Argent roofed Gules, all on a terrace Vert, this half of the field chapé Sable, with a star Or in its dexter upper compartment and a crescent Argent with its horns toward dexter in its sinister upper compartment; sinister, per pale Argent and Gules, overall a chevron divided into upper and lower chevron-shaped strips Or and Sable.

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Capellini called Stechinelli, Counts of Wickenburg Coat of Arms

Hanover, Austria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a lion Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Or, a griffin Gules, that in the third quarter facing sinister. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with a hat Sable banded Argent.

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Cappel (von) or Capellen de Wallenbrück Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Gules, two maces argent in saltire.

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Cappellen (von der) Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Azure, three acorns Or without leaves, their stalks downward.

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Cappeln Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, the field chapé ployé, with curved dividing lines from the centre of the chief to the lower corners, the dexter side Azure and the sinister side Gules.

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Cappler called Bautz (Barons) Coat of Arms

Württemberg.
Gules, a fess argent.

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Carben Coat of Arms

Rhine Province, Hesse.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-lion Gules issuing from the partition; second, Azure, a fleur-de-lis Argent.

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Carcani Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Azure, a crane in its vigilance proper accompanied in dexter chief by a star Argent; second, Azure, two bends sinister Argent between six stars Argent arranged in three diagonal rows of two; over the partition a fess Argent; a bordure Or.

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Cardon Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, a chevron or between three annulets of the same.

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Carisien Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first, azure three fishes or upright, two and one; second and third, or a bend sinister sable; fourth, argent a Moor's head wreathed argent, the tincture of the head itself unspecified.

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Carius Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, three stars Argent arranged one and two; the field chapé ployé: the dexter side Argent, a demi-knight in complete armour issuing from a crown Or, his helmet plumed with ostrich feathers Argent, holding a falchion proper in his dexter hand; the sinister side Gules, three pieces of salt Argent; a bordure Or. The knight's armour tincture is not specified.

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Carl Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Sable, a demi-old man vested Or issuing from a mount of three peaks Vert, with an iron mace resting on his dexter shoulder.

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Carl de Hochenbalken Coat of Arms

Switzerland, Bavaria.
Per fess Argent and Sable, three fleurs-de-lis counterchanged.

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Carl de Mühlbach Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Sable, a griffin Or on a mount Azure.

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Carlowitz Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, three trefoils Sable arranged in pall and joined at the centre; second and third, Argent, a bend Gules.

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Silesia.
Per pale: dexter, Argent, a half-Prussian eagle issuing from the partition, holding a sceptre; sinister, Gules, three roses Argent seeded Or and barbed Vert; a bordure Or. The Prussian eagle is Sable, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or on its wing and the crowned monogram FR Or on its breast. The sceptre's tincture is not specified.

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Carlsberg Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent, a demi-stag Gules attired Or issuing from the partition; second, lozengy Azure and Or.

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Carlsburg Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, an eagle Sable beaked and membered Or; second and third, Gules, a tower Argent with its doorway and windows Gules.

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Carlsen (Edle von) Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Azure, two lions combatant or.

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Carmer Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, a chevron Or between two Maltese crosses Argent in chief and a fleur-de-lis Argent in base.

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Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a chevron Or between two Maltese crosses Argent in chief and a fleur-de-lis Argent in base; second and third, per fess, Argent a demi-horse Or bridled Sable issuing from the partition, above chequy of four rows Sable and Argent. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with the intertwined letters LL Or, for Liber Legum.

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Carmos d'Ontheim (Barons) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: dexter, Or, a double-headed eagle Sable surmounted by a crown Or; sinister, Azure, a fess wavy Argent.

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Carnap Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Per fess: first, Argent, a star Or; second, Azure, a pair of horse-twitches Argent, the two arms linked by a crossbar.

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Carnap (Barons) Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Per fess: first, Sable, a pair of horse-twitches Argent; second, Argent, a star Or.

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Carnap-Quernheim Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, three bells Argent, each with three clappers; second and third, Gules, two arrows Argent in saltire, overall a hammer Argent upright. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with a fess Gules.

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Carolath-Beuthen Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the vertical partition, beaked, membered and crowned Or; second and third, Gules, a lion Or crowned Or holding a sword Argent hilted Or in its dexter paw. Overall an inescutcheon Or surmounted by a princely crown and charged with an oak wreath Vert bearing four acorns Or and bound with a ribbon Gules making four turns. The princely crown's tincture is not specified.

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Carpicovius Coat of Arms

Meissen.
Azure, a carp Argent swimming in water proper, from which rise seven reeds proper arranged in a semicircle and alternating with six smaller reeds proper.

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Carrach Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a fish sable in bend.

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Carsbach Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Gules, a pale or.

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Carschenski Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Or, a cock Sable with one foot raised.

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Casekindt Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a church with its bell tower on the sinister side Argent, accompanied to sinister by a house Argent, both issuing from the base; in chief three stars Or arranged one and two.

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Caselius Coat of Arms

Germany.
Or, five lozenges gules conjoined at the points in cross.

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Caspers Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Or, a stork proper.

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Cassel Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: dexter, Azure, a tower surmounted by three turrets Argent on a terrace Vert; sinister, Or, three bends Gules.

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Casteau Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, or a demi-eagle sable crowned or issuing from the vertical division; second and third, argent four bends azure. Overall an escutcheon azure charged with a tower argent with its door and windows sable.

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Castel Coat of Arms

Palatinat.
Argent, a fess dancetty Gules.

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Castel [formerly Schenk de Castel], Counts of Schelklingen and Berg Coat of Arms

Württemberg.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, three narrow bends sinister Argent; second and third, per pale, dexter lozengy bendwise sinister Or and Azure, sinister Gules plain. Overall an inescutcheon quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a stag's antlers attached to the scalp Gules; second and third, Argent, two lions passant Gules crowned Or, one above another.

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Castelberg Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, a lion Sable, overall a label of five points Gules.

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Castell Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: dexter, Or, three bends sinister Gules; sinister, Azure, a tower of three turrets Argent on a mount Or.

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Castenmayr Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, a demi-man vested Gules and wearing a cap Gules, issuing from a mount Vert, holding three roses Gules in his dexter hand and a carpenter's square Or in his sinister.

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Castner Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Or, a pointer dog rampant Sable collared and buckled Or.

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Castner von Collenbach zu Mausheim Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: dexter, Sable, three fleurs-de-lis Or in pale, the middle one fesswise; sinister, per pale Argent and Azure, overall a goat rampant Sable.

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Castro (de) de Löwenfeldt Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first, Azure, two goats rampant Sable facing sinister and horned Or, one overlapping the other; second, barry of four Azure and Gules; third, Gules, two griffins Or facing one another and ramping against a column Argent; fourth, per fess indented Azure and Argent, overall two knives Argent hafted Or in saltire. Overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with a lion Argent crowned Or.

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Catölle Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a swan Argent holding a ball Or in its beak and walking on a carbine proper placed bendwise.

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Cave (de la) Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, on a bend Argent three crosses pattée Sable aligned with the bend.

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Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, a cross argent; second and third, azure, a star or.

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Cazufo Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, an ibex rampant Azure encircled by a winged dragon Or, its body forming a circle and its head surmounted by a small cross Or.

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Ceckra (Counts) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Sable, three lions' heads argent langued gules, crowned or.

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Cecola de Waltier Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale: dexter, Azure, three stars Or; sinister, Or, a knight in complete armour proper on a terrace Vert, holding a sceptre Or in his dexter hand.

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Cederstolpe Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a column Argent; the field chapé ployé Or; on a chief indented Azure a crescent Argent.

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Centmaier de Kleinschmid Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Azure, a fess Argent accompanied in base by three eight-pointed stars Argent; on a chief Argent two annulets Azure.

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Cerrini di Monte-Varchi Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Argent, a bend abased azure charged with three five-pointed stars or, a demi-lion gules issuing from the bend, its shoulder charged with an escutcheon argent bearing a cross gules, holding an oak branch proper between its paws.

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Cetto de Kransdorf Coat of Arms

Bohemia, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure, an eagle Sable beaked, membered and crowned Or; second, Argent, a lion Gules on a mount Vert holding a banner Azure bordered and staffed Or.

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Chagniau de Johannot Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, in chief two hands clasped proper, vested Argent and issuing from the sides; in base an orb Argent banded and crossed Or.

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Chaise (de la) Coat of Arms

Piedmont, Prussia.
Gules, a church Argent with its bell tower to dexter; on a chief Or three stars Argent.

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Chamier Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, an anchor Sable without a stock.

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Chamier-Gliszcynski Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, a crescent with a human face Or, its horns toward dexter, between three stars Or.

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Chamisso or Chamissot de Boncourt Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a dexter hand and a sinister hand Sable side by side, their palms facing the viewer and fingers downward, beneath five trefoils Vert arranged two, one and two.

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Chappuis de la Combay Coat of Arms

Switzerland, Silesia.
Azure, a crossbow Argent loaded with an arrow Argent feathered Gules, between two stars Argent in base.

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Chappuzeau Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Gules, a palm branch Vert in bend sinister; second, Azure, a dove Argent on a mount Vert; over the partition a fess Or; a bordure Or.

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Chapuset Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a chevron or between three stars of the same.

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Charpentier Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a stag passant Or with its head turned back, on a terrace Vert; beneath the stag a stream Argent flows from a well Or.

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Chasot Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, three stars Or; second and third, Azure, an oak tree Vert trunked proper issuing from the base, between two lions Or facing one another and ramping against its trunk. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with an eagle Sable.

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Chastelain (von) Coat of Arms

Baden.
Argent, a chevron Sable between three five-pointed stars Sable.

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Chaudoir Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, two narrow bars Or in base, the upper bar supporting a horse galloping proper.

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Chaumontet Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a chevron or between three fleurs-de-lis of the same.

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Chauvin Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a mount Vert surmounted by a tower Argent; second and third, Argent, a lion Azure. On a chief over the whole shield Gules, two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire.

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Cheeuwen Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Argent, with a star Or at the centre of the chief.

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Chenevix de Béville Coat of Arms

France, Prussia.
Azure, a cross Argent between fleurs-de-lis Or in the first and fourth cantons and escallops Argent in the second and third.

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Chevalerie du Boisanger Coat of Arms

Bretagne, Maine, Prussia.
Gules, a horse rearing Argent.

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Chevallerie (von der) et de la Chevallerie Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, a horse courant argent.

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Cheynows Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: dexter, Or, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the partition; sinister, Azure, a demi-horse Or bridled Gules.

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Chienberger Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a water-lily leaf Gules on a curved stalk issuing from a mount Sable in base.

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Chila Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Sable, on a bend or three roses azure.

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Chinow Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, a fess Gules between three stars Or arranged one and two in chief, surmounted by a crescent reversed Or with a human face, and three eels Argent undulating fesswise in base, one above another.

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Chiny von Aschfeld und Kronhaus Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, sable a lion rampant or supporting a star argent in its paw, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, per fess azure and or, a star counterchanged.

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Chirneser Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Per fess: first, Azure, a star Or; second, Sable, three pears Gules, their stalks downward.

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Chmelenz Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, a crescent Argent with a human face and its horns toward sinister, between two stars Or, one in chief and one in base.

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Chocheim de Holrieden Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the vertical partition; second and third, Gules, a Pegasus salient Argent, that in the third quarter facing sinister.

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Cholombo Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess Azure and Vert, the Azure semy of stars Or, overall a tree Vert on a terrace Vert, surmounted by a dove Argent holding an olive branch Vert in its beak.

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Chrismar Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, a fess Argent supporting two swans rising Argent and facing one another; overall a point Or rising from the base, charged with Fortune proper standing on a ball Azure winged Gules and holding a veil Gules above her head.

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Christ Coat of Arms

Frankfurt, Hesse.
Per pale Azure and Argent, a gonfanon counterchanged charged with a cross Gules, attached to an upright staff with a crossbar, the staff and crossbar counterchanged.

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Christlmüller Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, a mill-rind Argent between a sun Or to dexter and a crescent Argent with a human face to sinister, its horns toward dexter.

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Christoffels Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, a fess gules between three flowers of the same.

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Chuchelsky (Knights) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, the upper half of a cart-wheel, with its axle and two spokes, all Or.

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Ciesielski Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a demi-lion Or issuing from a wall embattled Argent masoned Sable, occupying the lower half of the shield.

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Ciriacy Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a pair of wings argent.

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Ciriacy-Wantrup Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Azure, a pair of wings conjoined Argent; a bordure compony of twelve pieces Sable and Argent.

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Cirisser Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, three blunt arrows Argent, each bendwise and arranged in bend sinister.

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Cischini (Edle von) Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per pale: dexter, Or, an eagle Sable beaked, membered and crowned Or; sinister, Gules, on a bend Argent a lark volant proper.

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Claen Coat of Arms

Hamburg.
Per pale: dexter, Argent, an ox passant Gules issuing from the partition; sinister, Gules, a half-fleur-de-lis Argent issuing from the partition.

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Clairon, Counts of Haussonville Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, a cross Argent between four small crosses trefoil-ended Argent. Overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with five sea-eagles Argent.

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Clammer de Weydoch Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Sable, an arm vested Azure issuing bendwise from dexter chief, its hand proper holding a square cramp iron Argent fesswise.

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Clanner Coat of Arms

Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per bend Argent and Azure, overall an arrow Or palewise, headed Azure and feathered Argent.

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Clarfort Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: the upper half per pale, first or a double-headed eagle sable surmounted by an imperial crown of unspecified tincture, second azure semé of billets or with a lion rampant or overall; the lower half bendy azure and or. Overall an escutcheon per fess with a central projection, azure above charged with three stars or in fess, and argent below charged with a chevron gules.

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Clarmann de Clarenau Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a crescent Or with its horns toward dexter and a star Or between them; second and third, Gules, a demi-knight proper holding a raised sword. The sword's tincture is not specified.

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Clas d'Aufhofen Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Argent plain; second, per pale Sable and Or, two fleurs-de-lis counterchanged. Overall a cat rampant Azure facing the viewer, holding between its paws a star Or over its breast.

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Claudon Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a chevron argent between three eagles or.

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Clauer Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, an eagle's leg Sable, its talon downward and grasping a stone. The stone's tincture is not specified.

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Claur Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Gules, a bird Argent with a peacock feather proper on its head.

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Clausen Coat of Arms

Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Sable, two lions Or facing one another and each holding a key Or, the keys crossed in saltire.

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Clausenheim Coat of Arms

Mecklenburg, Denmark.
Per fess: first, per pale, dexter Or two laurel branches Vert with their stems crossed in saltire, sinister Argent a wing Sable; second, Azure, a palm tree Vert on a terrace Vert.

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Clausewitz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, a bear's paw Sable in pale.

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Clausnitz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable, a star Or; second and third, Or, on a bend Sable a fish Argent.

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Clausnitz (Barons) Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, on a fess Gules a fish Argent, overall a ploughshare proper.

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Clauss Coat of Arms

Regensburg, Bavaria.
Or, a bull statant Sable on a mount Sable.

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Claussen Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a bear sejant Sable holding a banner Purpure bordered Or and attached to a tournament lance Or.

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Claussen von Finck Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, two crescents Or back to back, between three stars Or arranged one and two.

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Clautier Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a chevron Argent between three birds Argent; second and third, Argent, a bend Gules between two goats' heads and necks Sable. Overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with an eagle Argent.

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Clavé-Bouhaben Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, two keys Argent suspended from a ring Argent.

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Clee (von) Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Or, three trefoils Gules growing in pall from one stalk.

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Cleen Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Sable, three trefoils or in bend.

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Cleer (de) Coat of Arms

Munich, Bavaria.
Sable, a lion Or on a mount Vert holding an oval mirror Azure framed and handled Or.

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Cleingedanc called Mommersloch Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, a fess dancetty Sable.

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Cleingedane Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Gules, a fess dancetty Argent.

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Cleingedane von der Stesse Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a fess dancetty Or; second and third, Or, a Moor's head crowned Or.

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Clemens (von) und Milwitz Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first, azure a mount of three coupeaux argent surmounted by a star or; second, per fess gules and argent, an arm upright vested counterchanged; third, argent three fleurs-de-lis gules each lacking its sinister half; fourth, sable a lion rampant or.

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Clement Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, itself per fess, Argent a griffin passant Gules holding an arrow Or upright surmounted by a star Or, above Azure three stars Or; second, Or, two ragged staves Sable in saltire, overall a fess bendy Azure and Argent.

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Regensburg, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Argent, a lime-tree sprig with three leaves Vert; second, Gules, three escutcheons Argent.

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Clementen-Plemiencki Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, a fess wavy Argent between three roses Argent.

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Cleminus Coat of Arms

Palatinat.
Argent, two chevrons between two stars in chief and a fleur-de-lis in base, all Azure.

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Clepping Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, a saltire couped formed of eight lozenges conjoined point to point Sable, between four roses Gules.

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Westphalia.
Or, on a chevron Sable three rams' heads cabossed Or.

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Clerambault Coat of Arms

Lorraine, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, barry of eight Or and Gules; second, Argent, a cannon on its carriage proper, standing on a terrace Vert.

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Clesz Coat of Arms

Frankfurt, Hesse.
Argent, three trefoils Vert growing from a mount Vert.

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Cleve (von) auf Karow Coat of Arms

Mecklenburg.
Per pale: dexter, Azure, on a bend Gules three stars Or; sinister, Argent, three roses Gules seeded Or in pale.

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Clevorn Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, three fish Sable, each bendwise and arranged in bend sinister.

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Clinghart Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Argent, three roses gules slipped and leaved vert on a terrace vert.

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Clodius Coat of Arms

Hanover.
Argent, an anchor azure.

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Cloots Coat of Arms

Limburg, Flanders, Rhine Province; earlier arms.
Or, on a fess Sable three bezants.

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Cloots (Barons) Coat of Arms

Limburg, Flanders, Rhine Province.
Or, on a fess Sable three bezants, with a double-headed eagle Sable in chief.

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Closen (von) und Arnstorff Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a black swan called an Uttenschwalbe, its breast marked with a spot Gules, beaked and membered Gules; second and third, Or, nine balls Sable arranged three, three and three. Overall a cross pattée Gules.

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Closen (von) zu Haydenburg Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a black swan called an Uttenschwalbe, its breast marked with a spot Gules; second and third, Or, nine balls Sable arranged three, three and three. Overall an inescutcheon quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a man's bust in profile vested Gules and wearing a cap Gules with three points, each tipped with a bell Argent, the bust in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Azure, a lime tree eradicated proper with five branches, each bearing one leaf Gules.

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Closmann Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, on a bend sinister Argent between two stars Or, three lozenges Azure aligned with the bend.

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Clozell de Collot Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, three pallets Azure; second and third, per fess Or and Sable, a demi-lion Sable on the Or, that in the third quarter facing sinister. Overall a bend Gules charged with three crosses pattée Or.

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Cnopf Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Azure, a demi-man vested Or, girt Sable and wearing a collar Sable, his head wreathed Argent and surmounted by three flames Gules, his arms extended and holding a thread which forms a knot in each hand; second, Or, three flames Gules. The thread's tincture is not specified.

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Cnyrim Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Per pale gules and vert, overall a hound rampant argent.

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Cobb Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Or, a crow sable.

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Cobbenrod Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, two bends sable.

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Coburg Coat of Arms

Franconia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules; second, argent, a pale gules; third, argent.

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Saxony.
Azure, three roses argent seeded or.

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Cocceji [formerly de Cocq] Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, three stars Argent.

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Cochenhausen Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Per pale: dexter, Or, on a bend Azure a star Argent; sinister, Gules, two bars Argent.

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Cochius Coat of Arms

East Frisia, Holland; earlier arms.
Per fess: first, Argent, a demi-lion Gules; second, Sable, three skulls Argent in fess.

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East Frisia, Holland; later arms.
Per fess: first, Sable, three skulls Argent in fess, each above two bones Argent in saltire; second, Argent, a lion passant Gules; over the partition a fess Or; a bordure Or.

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Cocx d'Onssel Coat of Arms

Limbourg, Silesia.
Per pale: dexter, Azure, four bars Or, on a canton Argent a lion's head Gules; sinister, Argent, a bend Sable between a vine leaf Vert in chief and a hook Gules in base.

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Cocy Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per fess Azure a fleur-de-lis Argent above Gules plain, with a fess Argent over the partition; second and third, Argent, a lion Gules crowned Gules, that in the third quarter facing sinister; each of the four quarters bordered Or. Overall an inescutcheon Sable charged with a bend Or.

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Codeve (Barons) Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a Prussian eagle holding a sceptre and orb; second and third, Gules, on a bend Azure a lion passant Or, between in chief a crescent Argent with two stars Or arranged bendwise, and in base a rose Argent stalked and leaved Vert placed bendwise. The Prussian eagle is Sable, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or on each wing and the crowned monogram FR Or on its breast. The tinctures of the sceptre and orb are not specified in the family entry.

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Coeler Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale Argent and Sable, two chevrons counterchanged; a bordure Or.

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Coels Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Vert, a lion Argent armed and langued Gules and crowned Or; second and third, Argent, a double-headed eagle Sable beaked and membered Or and crowned with an antique crown Or.

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Coels von der Brügghen Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Vert, a lion Argent armed and langued Gules and crowned Or; second and third, Argent, a double-headed eagle Sable beaked and membered Or and crowned with an antique crown Or. Overall an inescutcheon per fess: first, Or, a fess Azure with two swords Argent hilted Sable above it, arranged in chevron reversed, their points downward and touching the fess; second, Argent, a lion couchant guardant Gules.

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Coenens (Knights) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, two arms proper issuing from opposite sides, each vested to the elbow with a wide sleeve Argent, their hands together supporting a heart Gules enflamed proper.

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Coens Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale: dexter, Or, an eagle's head and neck Sable beaked Or; sinister, Azure, three palisade stakes Or joined by two crossbars Or. A bordure Gules on the Or half and Or on the Azure half.

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Coester Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Argent, a crane in its vigilance proper standing on a mount Vert between two trefoils Vert.

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Coffrane Coat of Arms

Neuchâtel, Prussia.
Per fess: first, Or, a double-headed eagle Sable; second, Gules, on a pale Argent three bezants, overall a lion passant whose tincture is left unspecified in the printed entry.

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Cohausen (Edle von) Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Gules, a cramp iron Or, overall a fess bowed downward Argent.

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Cointe (le) Coat of Arms

Normandie, Genève, Prussia.
Azure, three stars Argent arranged one and two.

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Colbitz Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia.
Argent, three lime leaves Vert, their stalks upward.

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Coldewey Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Vert, a skull Argent supporting an hourglass proper and placed over two bones Argent in saltire; second and third, Argent, a heart Gules pierced by an arrow bendwise with its point upward, supported by a mount of three peaks Vert. The arrow's tincture is not specified.

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Colditz [formerly Rudolph de Colditz] Coat of Arms

Holstein.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-lion Gules holding a fleur-de-lis Azure; second, Argent, three bends Sable; over the partition a fess Sable.

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Cöler Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Argent, a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the partition; second, Sable, a wheel Argent.

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Cölerthüre Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per bend: first, Argent, a Moorish woman's head and neck facing the viewer, crowned Or and wearing a pearl necklace and pearl earrings; second, Azure, a saltire couped Argent between four stars Argent. Over the partition a bend Gules embattled on its lower edge with one whole battlement and two half-battlements, charged with three plates.

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Coll Coat of Arms

Rhine Province, Austria.
Quarterly: first, Or, an eagle Sable facing sinister, langued Gules and crowned Or; second and third, Azure, two ragged staves Argent in saltire, enflamed Gules at each end; fourth, Argent, a lion Azure armed and langued Gules and crowned Or. Overall an inescutcheon Gules charged with a fess Or between two triangles Or, the upper one inverted, accompanied by five stars Or, two in chief and three in base arranged two and one.

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Collas (Barons) Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess, gules with a fleur-de-lis or between two towers argent above, and sable with a lion rampant or on a terrace or below; overall a fess azure.

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Collenbach Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a tree Vert on a terrace Vert; second and third, Or, on a bend wavy Azure three balls Or. Enté en point Gules, an escutcheon per fess Argent and Gules surrounded by three nettle leaves Argent alternating with three nails Argent. Overall an inescutcheon per pale: dexter, Or, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the partition, beaked, membered and crowned Or; sinister, Gules, three arched bends Argent.

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Collin Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per bend: first, Azure, a sinister arm in armour Argent issuing from a cloud proper at the side, its hand proper holding a sword; second, Gules, two stars Or in bend. Over the partition a bend Argent charged with three columns Sable, their capitals and bases Or and each crowned Or. The sword's tincture is not specified.

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Cölln Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Gules, a demi-lion Argent issuing from the partition; second, lozengy Argent and Azure.

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Silesia.
Gules, a pike proper upright and curved in a semicircle toward sinister.

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Cölln (von) Coat of Arms

Prussia, Hesse.
Per fess: first, Gules, two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire, their points downward; second, Azure, two hawk's bells Or side by side.

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Colman Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Azure, a horse rearing Argent, overall a bend sinister Or charged with three stars Azure.

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Colmar Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, on a bend Argent between two stars Argent, a spiked mace proper.

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Colomb Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Or, a dove holding an olive branch in its beak and standing on the prow of a ship, all proper; the field chapé ployé Azure, the dexter side charged with three Moors' heads wreathed Argent, two and one, and the sinister side with three trefoils Argent, two and one.

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Colomier Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first, Or, two steel cannon barrels in saltire, with a grenade Sable enflamed Gules in chief; second, Azure, a hill Vert surrounded by fortifications and flying the Dannebrog, the Danish flag; third, Azure, a boat flying the Prussian flag and sailing on a sea Argent; fourth, Or, an arm vested Azure, its cuff Sable edged Gules, the hand proper holding a sabre proper. On a chief over the whole shield Gules, two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire. The tinctures of the fortifications and boat are not specified.

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Colonna-Walewski Coat of Arms

Pologne, Prussia.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-double-headed eagle Sable charged on its breast with an escutcheon Gules bearing a knight Argent; second, Azure, a column Argent crowned Or.

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Columbo Coat of Arms

Germany.
Or, a bird Argent walking on a lowered bend divided per bend Gules and Azure, gazing at a sun Or issuing from dexter chief.

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Colyn Coat of Arms

Cologne, Rhine Province.
Per fess Or and Gules, a lion counterchanged.

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Cominot Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Azure, an eagle argent.

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Commerstädt Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Gules, a unicorn salient or, a bordure compony or and gules.

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Condarsin Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Or, a half-wheel Gules, its sinister half absent.

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Conersheim Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Or, five narrow pallets Gules; on a canton Or an escallop Gules.

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Coninx Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per fess: first, Azure, a crescent Or with a human face and its horns toward sinister; second, Argent, three fish proper, each bendwise sinister and arranged side by side.

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Conrad Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, on a fess Azure between three wreaths of foliage Vert, three stars Or.

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Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable, a fess Or; second and third, Or, an arm in armour proper holding a sword upright supporting a Turk's head couped proper, wearing a turban Sable wrapped Argent. The sword's tincture is not specified.

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Conradi Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-mill-wheel Gules issuing from the partition; second, Azure, a demi-man issuing from the base, vested Argent and wearing an Albanian cap Argent.

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Prussia.
Gules, three handled pitchers Argent; a bordure Or.

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Prussia.
Per pale: dexter, Argent, an oak branch Vert on a terrace Vert, with one leaf on each side near the base and three acorns, one at the top, one toward upper sinister and one at mid-dexter; sinister, Argent, a Prussian eagle holding a sceptre and a sword. The eagle is Sable, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown, with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or on each wing and the crowned monogram FR Or on its breast. The tinctures of the acorns, sceptre and sword are not specified in the family entry.

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Conrady Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a bend sinister Argent between in chief a stag statant beside a tree on a terrace, all proper, and in base three fleurs-de-lis Argent arranged one and two.

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Conring Coat of Arms

East Frisia, Mecklenburg.
Or, the prow of a vessel argent surmounted by a dove argent holding an olive branch vert in its beak; the field chapé, the dexter section azure with a left arm in armour argent issuing from a cloud argent, its flesh-coloured hand holding a ring or set with a ruby, and the sinister section azure with three trefoils argent. A bordure or surrounds the shield.

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Consbruch Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a demi-griffin Or issuing from a sea Argent.

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Constein Coat of Arms

Brunswick.
Or, a bend Azure between a rose Gules in chief and a fleur-de-lis Argent in base.

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Copauern auf Puechschlag Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, a demi-man vested Azure, with a collar and girdle Argent and a wreath Azure on his head, holding three ears of corn Or in his dexter hand.

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Copriva von Reichsperg und Nesselthal Coat of Arms

Friuli, Silesia.
Quarterly of eight in four columns and two rows: first and seventh, Argent, two bars Gules; second and sixth, Vert, a ram salient Argent holding a nettle leaf Vert between its teeth; third and fifth, Argent, two bends Gules; fourth and eighth, Azure, a lion Or on a mount Vert holding a sword Argent. Overall a crowned inescutcheon Gules charged with a pall reversed Argent. The crown's tincture is not specified.

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Coq (von le) Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Per pale: dexter, Azure, a basket-hilted sword Argent in bend, its point downward; sinister, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Argent.

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Corbière (de la) Coat of Arms

Hanover.
Or, a raven rising sable.

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Corbin Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a chevron Gules between three birds Sable, each standing on a ball Gules; above all a narrow fess Gules; a bordure Sable.

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Corboni (Barons) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess Azure and Or, a lion per fess Or and Gules; on a chief Or a fleur-de-lis Azure between two pallets Azure, each charged with a fleur-de-lis Or.

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Cordule (Knights) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, an iron gauntlet proper upright and issuing from the base.

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Corfey d'lburg Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, a basket with a handle proper.

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Cornberg Coat of Arms

Hesse, Hanover, Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent, a lion passant Gules; second, chequy of five vertical columns each containing three squares: the first and fifth columns Azure, Argent and Gules; the second and fourth Argent, Gules and Azure; the middle column Gules, Azure and Argent.

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Cornelius Coat of Arms

Munich, Bavaria.
Azure, a Pegasus Or springing from a mount Vert.

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Cornet Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a hunting horn Azure stringed Gules; second and third, Sable plain within a bordure Argent.

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Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per bend Or and Gules, a lion counterchanged; second and third, Azure, on a bend Or two bugle horns Sable, their mouthpieces toward sinister chief. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with a chevron Gules and a bugle horn Sable in base.

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Cornuvalet Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the vertical partition; second and third, Gules, on a bend Azure three lime leaves Or aligned with the bend, their stalks downward.

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Corswant Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a square Gules bordered Or and charged with a saltire couped Argent, ornamented on the outside with three trefoils Vert, one at each upper corner and one at the base, their stalks directed toward the centre; second and third, Argent, a griffin Gules, that in the third quarter facing sinister.

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Cortenbach Coat of Arms

Limbourg, Prussia.
Or, three bends gules.

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Corthes Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per bend Or and Gules, a griffin counterchanged holding a bundle of three arrows, the griffin in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, per bend Or and Sable, overall a bend Argent charged with three escallops Gules. The arrows' tincture is not specified.

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Corvin-Wiersbitzki Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Vert, a horseshoe Or in base supporting a small cross pattée Or surmounted by a raven rising Sable, holding a ring Or in its beak.

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Cosandey Edle von Préfleuri Coat of Arms

Munich, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, azure a demi-eagle or crowned or; second, argent a mount of three coupeaux vert, each peak supporting a rose gules stalked and leaved vert.

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Cosel Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a stag springing proper.

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Cosel (Counts) Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per pale: dexter, per fess Or and Argent, overall a lion Azure; sinister, Gules, a half-eagle Argent issuing from the partition.

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Cosman Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a Maltese cross Argent in base, its upper arm winged Or.

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Cossel Coat of Arms

Brandenburg, Mecklenburg.
Per pale: dexter, per fess Sable and Argent, overall a sword Gules in bend, its point passing through a crown Or; sinister, Argent, an eagle Sable beaked and membered Or; over both halves a base Azure. Overall an inescutcheon tierced in pale Argent, Sable and Gules. The base is charged with a lion's skin Or, girt Or and fastened by a chain Or to the bottom of the inescutcheon.

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Pomerania.
Per pale: dexter, per fess Sable and Argent, overall a sword Gules in bend, its point passing through a crown Or; sinister, Or, an eagle Sable beaked and membered Or; over both halves a base Azure. Overall an inescutcheon tierced in pale Argent, Sable and Gules. The base is charged with a lion's skin Or, girt Or and fastened by a chain Or to the bottom of the inescutcheon.

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Costede Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, Or, a demi-lion Gules crowned Or issuing from the partition; second, Argent, a rose Gules.

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Cöster Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable, a lion Argent supporting a trefoil Or in its dexter paw; second and third, Argent, a chevron Gules. Overall an inescutcheon Azure charged with three trefoils Or, each fesswise with its stalk toward sinister, arranged in pale.

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Costert Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Gules, three bells or.

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Costiolis Coat of Arms

Germany.
Barry Azure and Or, overall a closed book bound Gules with clasps, issuing from the sinister edge; on a chief Azure a row of rocks proper supporting an eagle Sable. The clasps' tincture is not specified.

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Cotta Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Per pale: dexter, Argent, a half-fleur-de-lis Azure issuing from the partition, its horizontal band Or; sinister, Argent, three roses Gules in pale.

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Cotta de Cottendorf Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per pale, dexter Argent a half-fleur-de-lis Azure issuing from the partition with its horizontal band Or, sinister Argent three roses Gules seeded Or in pale; second and third, Azure, a griffin Or, that in the third quarter facing sinister. The quarters are separated by a narrow cross Or, and the shield has a narrow bordure Or.

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Cottenet Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per bend Gules and Argent, five squares counterchanged arranged in bend and touching at their corners, between two fleurs-de-lis counterchanged.

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Cötting (Knights) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: first, argent a heart gules crowned or, pierced by two arrows proper feathered azure in saltire with their points downward; second, or a lion rampant sable holding two cramp-irons sable in its dexter paw. Overall a pale azure.

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Cotzhausen Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Divided by three vertical lines into four compartments: first, Gules, a peasant holding a flail, all Argent; second, Or, a stag's antler Sable between three spur-rowels Azure; third, Azure, a chevron Or between two small crosses Or in chief and a crescent Or in base; fourth, per fess, Or a horse's head and neck Sable above Or plain.

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Rhine Province.
Quarterly: first, per pale, dexter Gules a knight in complete armour holding in his dexter hand a banner flying above his head and attached to a lance, all Argent, sinister Or a stag's antler Sable between three spur-rowels Azure; second, Gules, an oak branch bearing acorns Argent; third, Azure, a chevron Or between two small crosses pattée Or in chief and a crescent Or in base; fourth, per fess, Argent a horse's head and neck Sable above Or plain. The oak branch's tincture is not separately specified.

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Coudelance von Bessel Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, a sinister arm in armour Sable issuing from sinister chief, its shoulder adorned with a rosette Gules and Argent seeded Or, the hand gauntleted Argent grasping a tournament lance proper in bend sinister, point downward; a bordure Or.

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Coudenhove (van or de) Coat of Arms

Bohemia, Hungary, Bavaria.
Or, a bend wavy gules.

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Coulon Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Vert, three bars Azure, a dove proper standing on the lowest bar and extending over the middle bar.

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Prussia.
Argent, three fesses gules, overall a dove proper.

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Courbière (Barons) Coat of Arms

France, Prussia.
Azure, a fess argent.

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Couriers Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per pale: dexter, Gules, two stars Or arranged between two bends sinister Or; sinister, Argent, a half-eagle Sable issuing from the partition.

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Courneaud Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, a bend or.

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Courtin Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, a lion rampant argent; second and third, or, a chevron vert.

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Couven Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Argent, a cross engrailed Sable, with a grenade Gules enflamed Gules in dexter chief.

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Covalek Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Azure, three stars Or, two and one, with a crescent Argent with a human face in base.

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Crailsheim Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Sable, a fess or.

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Cramer Coat of Arms

Germany, Angleterre.
Or, on a chief indented azure three fleurs-de-lis of the field, a canton ermine.

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Hanover.
Per fess: first, Azure, a lion passant Or holding an acorn Or; second, Gules, an oak branch Or bearing acorns Or, placed upright.

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Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a fess between a star in chief and a chevron in base, all Or.

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Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Argent, a stone table Or on a terrace Vert, with a dexter arm proper vested Gules issuing from the side and holding a balance Or above the table.

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Prussia.
Azure, a knight in complete armour Argent holding a sword in his dexter hand and a key Argent in his sinister; on a chief Gules two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire. The knight's sword tincture is not specified.

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Prussia, Austria, Anhalt-Bernburg, Hesse.
Quarterly: first, Gules, a demi-young man facing sinister, vested in a coat of arms Or cuffed Azure and wearing a steel helmet, holding in his dexter hand a cornucopia Argent bound with three turns of a ribbon Vert and filled with roses Gules stalked and leaved Vert, and in his sinister hand a lighted candle; second and third, Azure, an anchor Argent without a stock or ring, its shank ending in a trefoil; fourth, as the first, with the figure facing dexter, holding the cornucopia in his sinister hand and the candle in his dexter. Overall an inescutcheon Or charged with a demi-lion Gules crowned Or issuing from the sinister corner of the base. The candle's tincture is not specified.

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Saxe-Coburg, Saint Petersburg; Barons, 1879.
Quarterly: first, Gules, a personification of Justice Argent; second, Azure, a crescent Or surmounted by a star Or; third, Azure, a tree Argent; fourth, Gules, a tower Argent.

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Swabia.
Gules, a griffin Or on a mount Vert, overall a fess Argent.

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Cramer-Klett Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a fess Argent, overall a mark Sable shaped like an inverted handle, its ends crossed and its curve supporting a Latin cross Sable; second, Sable, an ivy plant Argent on a mount of three peaks Or; third, Sable, a railway wheel proper seen in perspective, winged Or and standing on a mount of three peaks Or.

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Cramm Coat of Arms

Brunswick, Prussia.
Gules, three fleurs-de-lis argent.

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Cramon Coat of Arms

Mecklenburg, Prussia, Denmark.
Per pale: dexter, Gules, a fess Argent; sinister, Argent, a half-wheel Gules issuing from the partition.

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Cranach Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Or, a serpent Sable undulating fesswise and having bat's wings Sable, crowned Gules and holding between its teeth a ring Or set with a ruby.

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Crato Coat of Arms

Saxony.
Or, a vine Vert leaved Vert and bearing three bunches of grapes Azure.

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Silesia.
Quarterly: first, Azure, a dexter arm proper brandishing an axe proper; second and third, Sable, a griffin Or, that in the third quarter facing sinister; fourth, Argent, on a bend Azure three spur-rowels Argent.

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Cratz Coat of Arms

Brandenburg.
Quarterly: first, Argent, a rainbow Or, Gules, Vert and Argent placed fesswise; second, Azure, three stars Or in fess; third, Sable, three roses Gules seeded Or; fourth, Sable, three small crosses Argent. Overall a fess Azure charged with a lion passant Or winged Or.

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Franconia.
Per pale indented gules and argent.

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Cratz de Scharffenstein Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Argent, a fess Gules between thirteen billets Sable placed fesswise, seven in chief arranged four and three, and six in base arranged three, two and one.

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Crause Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, three crescents Or; second and third, Azure, a lion Or holding a wreath of foliage Vert.

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Craushaar Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia.
Or, a Moor's head with lips Gules, wreathed Argent and wearing a collar Argent and earrings each formed of a pearl Argent suspended from an annulet Or.

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Crauss de Craussendorf Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per pale: dexter, per fess Azure three stars Or, two and one, above Gules a horse rearing Argent bridled and caparisoned Or with stirrups Or; sinister, Argent, a fir tree proper.

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Crayen Coat of Arms

Prussia, Saxony.
Or, three crows Sable arranged one and two.

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Crays de Lindenfels Coat of Arms

Rhine Province.
Azure, two fesses argent.

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Crechting Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Sable, ten annulets argent.

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Creenburg Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a castle of two towers Gules surmounted by three stars Argent, two and one, the lower star between the towers.

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Crell Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, a griffin accompanied in base by an eagle's leg, the field and charge tinctures unspecified in the entry; second and third, Azure, a sun Or.

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Crembs Coat of Arms

Germany.
Sable, a lion Or crowned Or; the field chapé ployé, the dexter side lozengy Argent and Gules and the sinister side Gules plain.

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Cremitten or Gremitten Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Argent, on a bend Gules three hearts Or, each upright.

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Creplin Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Per pale: dexter, Azure, three ears of corn Or leaved Or, standing side by side on a terrace Or; sinister, Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Argent arranged one and two.

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Cressius Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a dove Argent, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Azure, three fish naiant Argent, one above another, those in the third quarter facing sinister.

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Crettier Edle von Jeningshofen Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Per fess: first, gules an eagle or crowned or; second, argent a castle embattled gules with its doorway argent, issuing from base, surmounted by a demi-lion or crowned or between two fleurs-de-lis azure standing on the battlements.

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Crety Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Per pale: dexter, Vert, a dove Argent perched on a ragged staff proper in bend; sinister, Azure, five stars Or arranged two, two and one.

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Cretzschmar Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, a pelican Argent crowned Or with its young Argent in its nest; second and third, Sable, a lion Or langued Gules holding a serpent Argent between its paws, the lion in the third quarter facing sinister.

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Creutz Coat of Arms

Germany.
Gules, a fess Or supported by a pale Or, between three small crosses Argent arranged one and two.

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Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a knight in armour proper, his visor raised, issuing from a wall Argent masoned Sable, holding in his dexter hand a shield Argent charged with a small cross pattée Gules, and in his sinister hand a sword. The sword's tincture is not specified.

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Creutzen Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a sinister arm in armour Or issuing from the side, its hand proper grasping a cock's head and neck Sable, combed and wattled Gules and with the cut edge Gules.

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Creutzer Coat of Arms

Palatinat.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a star Argent; second and third, Gules, a lion Or; overall a cross Argent.

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Creuzburg Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Argent, an eagle gules.

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Creytz Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia.
Argent, a pale sable.

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Criegern Coat of Arms

Saxony, Prussia.
Per fess: first, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or in fess; second, Gules, a crescent Argent with a human face, each horn surmounted by a star Or.

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Criekenbeeck Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Vert, a chief Ermine.

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Criel Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, a jack Gules placed bendwise.

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Crimnitz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, three stars argent.

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Crines de Waitzendorff Coat of Arms

Germany.
Per fess: first, paly of four Sable and Or; second, Or, a parrot Vert on a mount Vert.

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Crispin Coat of Arms

Lübeck.
Azure, an eagle Sable, each wing charged with a trefoil-ended semicircle Or.

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Crispin or Crispe Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Argent, two chevrons Sable between three salt-pans Sable.

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Croaria Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Azure, a demi-unicorn Or.

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Crohn Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Per bend sinister Argent and Or, over the partition a narrow bend sinister Gules, overall a crane in its vigilance proper.

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Crohnen Coat of Arms

Brunswick.
Per fess: first, Argent, an eagle Sable; second, Azure, a crown Or.

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Cromer Coat of Arms

Prussia, Pologne.
Per fess: first, Gules, a demi-eagle Argent issuing from the partition and collared with a wreath of foliage Vert; second, Gules, a fess Argent.

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Cron (von der) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, or a burning tower proper surmounted by an arm in armour proper wielding a sword proper; second and third, azure an arrow argent upright passing through a crown or. Overall an escutcheon per pale, first or an eagle sable, second sable a lion rampant or.

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Cronach Coat of Arms

Palatinat.
Per pale Azure and Or, a crown counterchanged.

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Cronberg Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, large-belled vair of two rows; second and third, Gules plain.

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Westphalia.
Quarterly: first, Gules, a crown Or; second and third, large-belled vair of two rows; fourth, Gules plain.

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Cronegg Coat of Arms

Carinthie, Württemberg, Baden.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, an eagle Sable in profile with wings raised, standing on a rocky terrace of three peaks proper, the eagle in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Gules, a demi-ibex Argent, that in the third quarter facing sinister.

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Cronenberg Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Quarterly: first and fourth, sable, two axes argent in saltire hafted or; second and third, gules, a crown or.

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Westphalia.
Argent, an eagle gules beaked and membered or.

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Cronenberg called Doläus Coat of Arms

Hesse, Prussia, Styrie.
Quarterly: first, Argent, a trefoil Vert on a mount Vert; second and third, Gules, a crown Or; fourth, Sable, two axes Argent hafted Or in saltire.

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Cronenbruch Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a cross Or indented along its edges in the second and third cantons, accompanied in the first and fourth cantons by an arm in armour Or issuing from a crown Or and brandishing a sword Argent.

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Cronheim Coat of Arms

Brunswick.
Gules, two buffalo horns Or joined at their bases.

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Cronhelm [formerly Schwefinger] Coat of Arms

Denmark, Prussia.
Azure, a crane Argent holding a stone Gules in its raised foot, standing on a mount Vert; the field chaperonné ployé Azure, divided by curved lines from the centre of the chief to the middle of each side, each upper compartment charged with three stars Argent, two and one.

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Cronstätten Coat of Arms

Frankfurt, Hesse.
Gules, a cramp argent in bend.

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Cronstein Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a pyramid Argent crowned Or; second and third, Gules, a double-headed eagle Argent, each head crowned Or. Overall an inescutcheon Argent charged with a demi-man proper issuing from water proper and holding an axe in his dexter hand. The axe's tincture is not specified.

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Cronstein called Deichmann Coat of Arms

Brunswick, Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a pyramid Argent crowned Or on a terrace Vert; second and third, Gules, a double-headed eagle Argent surmounted by a crown Or. Overall an inescutcheon Or charged with a wild man proper girdled and crowned with ivy, carrying a club on his shoulder and issuing from water proper in base. The club's tincture is not specified.

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Crosina (Barons) Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure, a felled tree trunk proper upright, surmounted by a small cross pattée Gules and accompanied to sinister by a laurel branch Vert upright, all on a terrace Vert; second and third, Gules, a fess Argent between three balls Argent. Overall an inescutcheon Or crowned Or and charged with a double-headed eagle Sable.

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Crousaz (Barons de) Coat of Arms

Vaud, Prussia.
Gules, a dove argent.

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Croyengreif Coat of Arms

Pomerania.
Argent, three bars Gules, overall a griffin Gules, and over all a bend Azure.

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Crull Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Azure, three stars or.

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Crumminga Coat of Arms

East Frisia.
Per fess: first, Azure, a demi-lion Or issuing from the partition; second, Or, two fleurs-de-lis Azure side by side.

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Cselesta de Cselestin Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, on a fess argent three stars of the field.

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Cüchler Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, a fess chequy Azure and Argent, overall an anchor Sable, with two stars Or in chief.

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Cuenin Coat of Arms

Germany.
Or, on a bend azure three hearts gules in bend.

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Cuesin or Coesen Coat of Arms

Westphalia.
Azure, two lions passant guardant Argent, one above another.

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Culemann Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent, a saltire Gules; second and third, Azure, a wild man proper girdled and crowned with ivy, standing on a terrace Vert, holding in his dexter hand a club resting on the terrace and placing his sinister hand on his hip. The club's tincture is not specified.

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Cunibert Coat of Arms

Bavaria.
Azure, chaussé Sable, the central field charged with three doves Argent each standing on a lozenge Or; the Sable side compartments charged with a double-headed eagle Or divided vertically, its halves appearing to issue from the Azure field.

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Cuno Coat of Arms

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure, a stag springing Or collared and attired Argent.

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Cuny Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, three hunting horns argent, ringed and fitted with mouthpieces or, the mouthpieces toward dexter; on a chief or a double-headed eagle sable.

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Cuppener Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, an eagle's head and neck Sable; the field chapé ployé Sable, each side charged with a star Or.

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Curland Coat of Arms

Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or, a lion Purpure crowned Or holding a lighted candle between its paws, the lion in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Argent, a griffin Gules crowned Or holding a lighted candle between its paws, the griffin in the third quarter facing sinister. Overall an inescutcheon Or charged with an eagle Sable crowned Or. The candles' tinctures are not specified.

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Curti Coat of Arms

Hesse.
Argent, a lion Vert with two heads back to back, langued Gules; a bordure Azure charged with two fleurs-de-lis Or issuing from the field, one in sinister chief and one reversed in base; over the bordure a canton Argent charged with a sinister hand Gules, its palm facing the viewer.

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Cuseli Coat of Arms

Lombardie, Bavaria.
Argent, a branch Vert flowering Argent and Azure, standing on a mount Vert; the field chapé ployé, the dexter side Sable charged with a ragged staff Argent in bend sinister, the sinister side Gules charged with three stars Argent.

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Cy surnames

Cyulaffi de Rathot Coat of Arms

Germany.
Azure, a tree Vert issuing from a crown Or in base.

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Czabusky de Prosteho Coat of Arms

Germany.
Argent, two bears' paws proper upright and back to back.

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Czarnetzki Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per fess: first, Gules, a cross of Lorraine Or with its lower dexter arm absent and its ends pattée; second, Azure, a horseshoe Argent with a star Or at the centre between its branches.

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Czarnowski Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, a sinister arm in armour Argent, its hand proper holding a sword Argent hilted Or.

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Czechaw Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, a fess couped argent.

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Czelo de Czechowitz Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, three roses gules.

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Czettritz Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per pale Argent and Gules, a buffalo's head cabossed, its nose ringed, all counterchanged; second and third, Argent, a sword Gules in bend sinister.

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Czettritz (von) und Neuhauss (Counts) Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Per pale Argent and Gules, a buffalo's head cabossed, its nose ringed, all counterchanged.

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Czettritz-Kolbnitz Coat of Arms

Silesia, Saxony, Austria.
Per pale Argent and Gules, a buffalo's head cabossed, its nose ringed, all counterchanged; a bordure Or.

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Czewler Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, a sinister arm in armour proper, its hand proper grasping three roses Gules stalked and leaved Vert.

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Czipianer Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Azure, on a fess Argent four lime leaves Gules, the first and third with their stalks upward and the second and fourth with their stalks downward.

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Czirn Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Gules, two half-pales Argent, one descending from the chief and the other rising from the base, touching at their corners at the centre of the shield.

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Czirn-Terpitz de Boczkowski Coat of Arms

Silesia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, two half-pales Argent, one descending from the chief and the other rising from the base, touching at their corners at the centre of the quarter; second and third, Gules, a horseshoe Argent surmounted by a cross crosslet Argent, between two swords Argent hilted Or with their points downward.

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Czwiter Coat of Arms

Swabia.
Sable, an ibex horn Argent.

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Czyrson-Studzinski Coat of Arms

Prussia.
Gules, a lion Argent holding a sword Argent hilted Or in its dexter paw and supporting a crown Or in its sinister.

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