Blazons of Germany - J
This collection presents 255 German-linked shield entries beginning with J 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 J 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 through manual translation and review of Rietstap’s printed pages, including additional family branches omitted from the finding aid. Source ambiguities, remaining cross-references and wider coverage are still under review. Unspecified tinctures are identified rather than supplied.
Ja surnames
Jabach Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Or, a chief indented of two points sable; on the or two opposed arms, that to dexter vested gules and that to sinister vested vert, each issuing from a cloud proper at the side, their joined hands holding a pansy proper stalked and leaved vert; in base an annulet azure.
Jäckel Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria.
Sable a unicorn rampant Argent on a hill Vert.
Prussia; ancient arms.
Or a tree trunk Sable cut off and placed bendwise between two roses Gules.
Prussia; grant of 1861.
Or a tree trunk Gules cut off and placed bendwise between two roses Gules; on a chief Purpure the royal crown of Prussia Or.
Jackeli Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale Gules and Azure: on the dexter, a scythe blade Argent with its point downward issuing from the partition; on the sinister, the sinister half of a horseshoe Argent with its end downward, conjoined to the scythe blade; above them a cross of Lorraine Or with its lower sinister arm omitted.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Pruss III. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Pruss III arms
Jackosch Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, sable, a bend wavy argent; second and third, or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jacob Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure two ploughshares Argent palewise, side by side and back to back, their points downward.
Jacob d'Ebelsbach Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Gules, a tortoise or in bend.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jacob de Hollach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure an escallop Argent; second, Azure three bends Or.
Jacobai de Brunau Coat of Arms
Germany.
Or a fess Azure, overall a rock proper bearing on its summit three pansies Azure stalked Vert; on a chief Azure a crown Or.
Jacobi Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first, Or a shepherd proper in profile facing sinister and holding a crook Argent; second, Azure a crescent with a human face Argent turned to dexter; third, Azure three stars Argent; fourth, Or three lambs passant proper.
Hanover.
Quarterly: first, Argent a shepherd proper facing sinister; second, Azure a crescent Or; third, Azure three stars Or; fourth, Argent three white sheep passant.
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent a Maltese cross Gules; second, Azure two wings Sable back to back.
Silesia.
Azure two staves Argent in saltire between two escallops Argent in the flanks, three stars Or in fess in chief, and a lamb Argent on a mount Vert in base.
Jacobi de Wangelin Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale Gules and Argent, a bordure Or.
Jacobi-Klöst Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, argent a Maltese cross gules; second, or two wings sable addorsed.
Jacquemin Coat of Arms
Baden.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a fess Or; second and third, Or a crane Argent, beaked and legged Gules, holding a stone Argent in its raised claw.
Jacquet Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Azure a bird Argent, its wings raised, on a mount Vert; second, Or plain.
Jaduncken Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Argent, a griffin or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jaegersfeld Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale: first, Azure three hunting horns Argent stringed Vert, one and two, the lower two back to back with their mouthpieces upward; second, Argent a demi-eagle Gules issuing from the partition, beaked and membered Or and surmounted by a royal crown Or; all within a bordure Or.
Jaehring Edle von Waldungen Coat of Arms
Reuss-Greiz.
Argent a fess Gules between an eight-pointed star Or in chief and two roses Gules in base.
Jagemann Coat of Arms
Saxony, Prussia, Brunswick, Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Or an anchor reversed without a stock Gules; second, Argent a hunting horn Sable stringed Sable, ringed Or with its mouthpiece and bell Or, a star Or between the horn and its cord.
Jagenreuther Coat of Arms
Austria, Bavaria, Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a canton Gules; second and third, Azure fretty Or, a base Gules.
Jagensdorf Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules three crowns Or.
Jäger Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Or a stag's antler proper fesswise with its tines upward; second, Gules a hunting horn Or.
Germany.
Gules a steep rock Argent between two chamois proper facing one another.
Germany.
Or a bend Sable, overall a shepherd vested Vert and wearing a cap Vert, holding in his dexter hand a crook resting on his shoulder and in his sinister hand a flaming heart proper; behind him a dog passant proper, all supported by a terrace Vert.
Germany.
Or three bugle horns proper, one above another, each suspended from a semicircular cord, the middle horn with its mouthpiece to dexter.
Germany.
Per pale: first, Azure a griffin Or facing sinister; second, Or a man in armour proper blowing a bugle horn and holding a pike in his sinister hand.
Germany.
Per pale: first, Gules a chevron between two hunting horns Argent, one in chief and one in base, their mouthpieces to dexter; second, Or a demi-eagle Sable issuing from the partition.
Hesse.
Per fess: first, per bend Argent and Gules, two stars counterchanged; second, Azure a hunting horn Argent stringed, mouthed and ringed Or, its mouthpiece to dexter.
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess Or and Sable, a man wearing a hat and blowing a bugle horn, his lower body ending in an eagle's leg, all counterchanged.
Pomerania.
Azure a hunting horn Argent stringed and ringed Or.
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Or a hunting horn Sable stringed and ringed Or.
Jäger de Gertringen Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Per fess: first, Azure a pale Or; second, Azure a hunting horn Or.
Jäger de Jägersberg Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per fess: first, Azure a hunting horn Argent stringed and ringed Gules; second, paly of four Gules and Or.
Jäger de Muschenum Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure, a fess argent between a lion passant or in chief and three escallops argent, two and one, in base.
Jägerschmid Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Gules on a fess Argent an olive branch Vert fesswise with its foot to dexter, between a hunting horn Argent in chief, its mouthpiece to dexter, and another olive branch Vert fesswise in base, its foot to dexter.
Jagodzinski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure a horseshoe Argent with its ends downward, surmounted by a small cross pattée Or upon which perches a raven Sable holding a ring Or in its beak.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Slepowron. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Slepowron arms
Jagow Coat of Arms
Pomerania, Mecklenburg.
Argent a wheel of six spokes Gules.
Jagstheim called Spiess Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Argent three leaves Or arranged in pall, issuing from a ball Or.
Jagstheim or Spiess, called Jagstheim (Barons) Coat of Arms
Rothenburg, Bavaria.
Gules, three cutlasses argent hilted or, placed horizontally one above another.
Jagwitz Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, gules, a lion rampant argent crowned or; second and third, argent, on a chevron azure between three roses gules three roses of the field.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jahn Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess Argent and Gules, a griffin on a mount, both counterchanged, the griffin supporting a crown Or.
Prussia.
Azure a lion Argent armed and langued Gules, brandishing a sabre Argent hilted Or.
Jahn (von der) Coat of Arms
Mecklenburg, Prussia.
Gules, a greyhound courant argent collared or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Saxony.
Azure, a crayfish gules in pale.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Saxony; descendants of the younger sons.
Azure a crayfish reversed Gules, palewise.
Jähnichen Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Gules, a ploughshare proper in pale.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jahnke (Counts) Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Per fess: first, Or a griffin Sable; second, Azure three stars Or; overall a fess Argent.
Jakacki Coat of Arms
Prussia, Poland.
Or a gonfanon of three tails Gules fringed Argent, surmounted by a small cross Argent between two annulets Argent at the ends.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Radwan. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Radwan arms
Jakartowski de Sudicz Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, Or a rock proper surmounted by a cross pattée fitchy Sable; second, barry of four Sable and Or.
Jalowki Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules a millstone Argent charged at its centre with a mill-rind Sable palewise.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Paprzyca. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Paprzyca arms
Jamnitzer Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per pale Sable and Argent, a fess counterchanged, in chief a roundel counterchanged charged with a fleur-de-lis likewise counterchanged.
Jamolitz Coat of Arms
Germany.
Or a bear passant issuing from a thicket Vert at sinister, all on a mount Vert. The bear's tincture is not specified.
Jan Coat of Arms
Württemberg, Bavaria.
Sable a head of Janus Or.
Janczewski Coat of Arms
East Prussia.
Azure a horseshoe Argent with its ends downward, enclosing a small cross pattée Argent between its branches.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Lubicz. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Lubicz arms
Janicke de Plastein Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per pale: first, Or a wing Sable; second, Gules a demi-fleur-de-lis Argent issuing from the partition.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Jancken. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Jancken arms
Janikowski Coat of Arms
Poland, Pomerania.
Azure a horseshoe Or with its ends upward, enclosing a small cross pattée Or between its branches at the centre of the field.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Jastrzembiec. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Janiszowski or Janschowski Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules three arrows with blunted points Argent, each bendwise and arranged one above another.
Jankowski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules a Noah's ark Or, its prow and stern each ending in a lion's head, with a tower embattled Argent rising from the ark.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Korab. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Korab arms
Jankwitz de Freyenfeld Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent a fess dancetty Azure.
Janluchi Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, or an eagle sable; second, azure a lion rampant or accompanied by a letter H sable in dexter chief.
Jannewitz Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Gules a buffalo's head cabossed Sable, with a ring Or through its nose.
Jännicke Coat of Arms
Frankfurt, Hesse.
Argent, three chevrons gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jannoschitz Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules, a ram rampant argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Janorinski Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent a man's head and neck proper, vested Azure and with ass's ears Azure, representing the head of Midas.
Janowitz Coat of Arms
Württemberg.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a fess chequy of three rows Argent and Azure; second and third, Sable a covered cup Or.
Janowski Coat of Arms
Prussia; Janina arms, gold-field variant.
Or an oval shield Purpure.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Janina. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Janina arms
Prussia; Janina arms, red-field variant.
Gules an oval shield bronze in colour.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Janina. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Prussia; Pruss I arms with an Azure field.
Azure a cross of Lorraine Argent with its lower sinister arm omitted.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Pruss I. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Janowski de Janowitz Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules a fess chequy of three rows Argent and Azure.
Jansen Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or a bear rampant Sable crowned Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, per bend sinister Gules and Argent, an eight-pointed star counterchanged.
Jansens (Barons) Coat of Arms
Palatinate.
Tierced in fess: first, Azure a goose proper swimming on water Argent; second, Gules two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire; third, Or three plumes of heron's feathers Sable issuing from the base and arranged as a fan.
Jansens, Barons de Ritter Coat of Arms
Palatinate.
Quarterly: first, Azure a goose proper swimming on water Argent; second, Gules two swords Argent hilted Or in saltire; third, Gules an arm in armour proper issuing from the partition, the hand proper holding a halberd Argent tasselled Gules and Or; fourth, Azure a four-legged winged dragon Or crowned Or. Overall an escutcheon Azure charged with three mace heads Or spiked Argent.
Janson Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure, a cup or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Janson von der Stockh Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a tree trunk issuing from the base and sending out to sinister a branch which curves upward above the trunk; second, Azure an eagle rising Sable in profile; third, Azure a tree trunk like those in the first and fourth quarters bearing an eagle Sable in profile facing sinister. The tinctures of the tree trunks and branches are not specified.
Janta-Polczynski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure a unicorn rampant Argent.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Boncza. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Jantke Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, Or a demi-griffin Gules issuing from the partition; second, Azure three stars Argent in fess; over the partition a fess Argent.
Janus d'Eberstädt Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Gules three ploughshares Argent fesswise, one above another.
Saxony; alternative arms.
Or three cutlasses proper, each fesswise and arranged one above another.
Januschowski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure a horseshoe Argent with its ends downward, surmounted by a small cross pattée fitchy Or, each branch of the horseshoe ending in a like cross forming an acute angle with the branch.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Dombrowa. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Dombrowa arms
Jappa Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Argent an anchor without a stock proper entwined with an olive branch Vert; the field mantled Azure.
Jaquemod Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first, gules a Moor's head wreathed argent, the tincture of the head itself unspecified; second, azure a grindstone argent with its crank sable; third, per fess, the upper part barry of four argent and or and the lower part gules with a rose azure; fourth, or a lion rampant gules.
Jaquet von und zu Büchenreuth Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure a dove rising Argent on a mount Vert; second, Or plain.
Jarck, Jarcken or Jarcken-Guskowski Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Per fess: first, per pale, Argent a lion Gules and Sable a fleur-de-lis Or; second, Gules a fleur-de-lis Or.
Jarheim Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale Argent and Sable, two balls counterchanged.
Jariges Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, barry of four Argent and Gules; second, paly of eight Or and Argent; overall a bend Or.
Jaritz de Kestenau Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per pale: first, Gules a chamois Argent facing sinister and rampant against a tree Vert, all on a mount Vert; second, Argent a dove proper holding in its beak three ears of corn proper and perched on a pomegranate branch proper fesswise, bearing one pomegranate hanging downward.
Jarnowski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules an axe Argent hafted Or, palewise.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Topor. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Jarotzky Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Or a woman vested Azure, with loose blond hair, crowned and girdled Or, her arms and feet bare and her arms raised, seated facing the viewer upon a bear passant Sable.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Rawicz. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Rawicz arms
Jarre Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Azure three love-knots Argent interlaced in pall.
Jarrys (du) de la Roche Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent a five-pointed star Azure, alternatively Or, between three lime trees eradicated Vert.
Jarrys (du), Barons de la Roche Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Baden.
Argent a five-pointed star Azure, alternatively Or, between three lime trees eradicated Vert.
Jarsdorf Coat of Arms
Franconia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, filled with fur proper arranged like scales; second and third, Gules plain.
Jaschinski Coat of Arms
East Prussia.
Azure a horseshoe Argent with its ends downward, surmounted by a small cross pattée Or, an arrow Argent feathered Or pointing downward between the branches of the horseshoe.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Dolenga. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Jasienski Coat of Arms
West Prussia.
Or a sinister arm in armour issuing from a cloud proper at the flank, the hand proper holding a sword Argent hilted Or. The tincture of the armour is not specified.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Pogonia IV. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Pogonia IV arms
Jasinski de Dombrowka Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Sable a cramp iron in the form of the letter Z Argent.
Jaski Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess wavy: first, Azure a demi-lion Or holding a staff to which a laurel sprig Vert is attached bendwise; second, Argent two bars wavy Azure. The staff's tincture is not specified.
Jaskolecki Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Or a gonfanon of three tails Gules fringed Argent, surmounted by a small cross Argent between two annulets Argent at the ends.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Radwan. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Radwan arms
Jasmund Coat of Arms
Pomerania, Mecklenburg.
Per pale azure and argent, two lozenges counterchanged.
Jaster Coat of Arms
Hesse.
Per pale: first, Gules a demi-fleur-de-lis Argent issuing from the partition; second, Vert three stars Or in pale.
Jastrzembski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, argent, a cross sable; second and third, azure, an arrow sable in fess.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jatzkow Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Azure a lynx passant regardant Argent crowned Or.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Rys. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Jauchenberger Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, azure, a lion rampant or; second and third, gules, three bends sinister argent.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jaudt Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure a star Argent; second, bendy Argent and Azure; over the partition a fess Argent.
Jaworski Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules ten eggs Argent, four, four and two.
Jaworski (Barons) Coat of Arms
West Prussia.
Azure an arrow Argent supported by a crescent Or between two stars Or.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Sass I. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Sass I arms
Je surnames
Jeanneret Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules two ragged staves Argent in saltire, supported by a mount of three peaks Vert and accompanied by three five-pointed stars Or, one and two.
Jeanseing Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure three lions' paws Or fesswise, one above another, the claws of the uppermost to sinister and those of the other two to dexter.
Jechner Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Sable, a bend gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jeckel Coat of Arms
Frankfurt, Hesse.
Or a tree trunk proper bendwise between two roses Gules.
Jedenleidtner Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, sable a lion rampant or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, per fess gules and argent, overall a bell proper.
Jeetze Coat of Arms
Silesia, Bavaria.
Argent an eagle's leg Gules fesswise, its knee downward.
Jeger Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess: first, Azure a hunting horn Argent; second, Gules two pallets Or.
Jehle auf Dornesk Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent a pair of wings Azure issuing from a crown Or; the field mantled Sable with curved dividing lines, each side charged with a griffin Or, the griffins facing one another and each holding three ears of corn Or.
Jeinsen Coat of Arms
Hanover.
Azure a jack Argent palewise.
Jelinski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules a scarf Argent folded into a circle with its ends knotted in saltire.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Nalencz II. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Jelling Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure a lion Or crowned Or.
Jeln zum Bach Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first, Sable six stars Or, three and three; second and third, Gules a bend sinister wavy Argent; fourth, Or three crescents Argent, one above another.
Jemgum or Gemingen Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Per pale: first, Sable a demi-eagle Or issuing from the partition; second, Gules two fleurs-de-lis Or, one above the other.
Jena Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per bend sinister azure and or, overall a fox courant gules standing on a terrace vert and holding a bunch of grapes proper in its teeth; second and third, gules a fess argent.
Jena (Barons) Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a fox proper holding in its teeth a bunch of grapes proper; second and third, Gules a fess Argent.
Jenckwitz Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent a fess dancetty Azure.
Jendrichowski Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules a scarf Argent folded into a circle with its ends knotted in saltire.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Nalencz II. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
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Jene Coat of Arms
West Prussia.
Azure two crescents with human faces Or, back to back, with a star Or in chief.
Jenefeldt Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Argent an oblong bale Vert bound around its middle Or.
Jenichen Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules on a bend Argent three fleurs-de-lis Sable, each palewise.
Jenisch Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per fess Or and Sable, a fleur-de-lis counterchanged; second and third, Gules a dagger Argent hilted Or, bendwise with its point downward.
Jenisch Edle von Altfeld Coat of Arms
Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia.
Per fess Or and Sable, a fleur-de-lis counterchanged.
Jenisch Knights von und zu Lauberzell Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per fess Or and Sable, a fleur-de-lis counterchanged; second and third, Gules a dagger Argent hilted Or, bendwise with its point downward. Enté en point Azure, a phoenix Argent issuing from flames Gules.
Jenison, Counts of Walworth Coat of Arms
Austria, Bavaria, Saxony.
Azure a bend Or between two swans Argent, beaked and legged Sable, their wings open.
Jenner Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Gules a star Argent in chief and a crescent reversed Argent in base; a chief counter-chevronny of four Azure and Or.
Jenner de Seebeck Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per pale, first or an eagle sable beaked, membered and crowned or, second gules three bends argent; second and third, per fess, the upper part azure with a griffin passant or crowned or, the lower part azure charged with a star or and chapé-ployé or charged with two stars azure. Overall an escutcheon argent charged with a bear rampant sable carrying on its shoulder a bunch of grapes proper with vine leaves vert.
Jennig Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess Or and Sable, the Sable extending into the Or as a gable of one step; on the Or two Passion nails Argent and on the Sable the blade of a spade Argent.
Jensierski Coat of Arms
West Prussia.
Azure a buffalo's head cabossed Sable.
Jenssen Coat of Arms
Holstein.
Gules, three fleurs-de-lis or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jenssen-Tusch Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Per fess embattled of two whole and two half merlons, Azure and Gules: on the Azure a Maltese cross Argent in chief and a dexter arm in armour Argent below, the hand proper holding a sword Argent hilted Or bendwise, its blade passing over the cross; on the Gules three fleurs-de-lis Or.
Jerin Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Azure, a griffin or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jerzingen Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Per bend Gules and Sable, overall three plates in bend.
Jerzmanowski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure a horseshoe Argent with its ends downward, surmounted by a small cross pattée Or, an arrow Argent feathered Or pointing downward between the branches of the horseshoe.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers this family to the arms of Dolenga. The shield description is expanded here from that entry.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Dolenga arms
Jeschki Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a crane in its vigilance proper, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second, Sable a sinister arm vested Gules holding a sabre Argent; third, Sable a dexter arm vested Gules holding a sabre Argent.
Jesor Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent a mill-wheel of six spokes Gules.
Jess or Jessen Coat of Arms
Holstein.
Per pale: first, Argent two bars Gules; second, Azure a demi-fox Argent issuing from the sinister flank.
Jessen Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Or, a tree vert on a mount of three coupeaux vert, a bear sable passing in front of its trunk; from a cloud azure in sinister chief issues a hand argent holding an iron lance and striking the bear in the loins, the bear turning its head toward the lance.
Jessenski Coat of Arms
Hungary, Silesia.
Or a tree Vert on a mount of three peaks Vert, a bear Sable passing in front of its trunk; from a cloud Azure in sinister chief issues a hand Argent holding an iron lance and striking the bear in the loins, the bear turning its head toward the lance.
Jestetten Coat of Arms
Alsace.
Sable a mill-wheel Argent with four spokes and twelve buckets.
Jestetten (Barons) Coat of Arms
Alsace.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a mill-wheel Argent with four spokes and twelve buckets; second and third, Gules a horse's head and neck Argent, that in the third quarter facing sinister.
Jett zu Münzenberg Coat of Arms
Prussia, Bavaria.
Gules two hooks Argent in saltire.
Jettebruch Coat of Arms
Germany.
Or a goat Gules rampant against a staff proper palewise, bearing on its dexter side two acorns proper, one above the other.
Jeune (le) called du Buisson Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent a pair of wings Sable; second, Or a chevron Azure charged with five drops Or between three cups Gules; all within a bordure Or.
Jever (von) Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Azure, a lion rampant or crowned of the same.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jo surnames
Joachim de Joachimsburg Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a lion Or, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Azure a crown Or surmounted by three ostrich feathers Argent.
Jobin Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Argent on a bend Azure three eight-pointed stars Or.
Jobst Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, sable two fesses argent; second and third, sable a unicorn rampant argent, that in the third quarter facing sinister.
Germany.
Or, a chamois rampant proper standing on a mount vert; the field chapé-ployé sable, charged with an eagle's leg proper issuing from the sinister side, its talon holding leaves vert.
Germany.
Per fess: first, sable a lion passant or; second, bendy of four azure and argent.
Jocham de Jochamsberg Coat of Arms
Alsace.
Per pale: first, Or an eagle Sable facing sinister, beaked, membered and crowned Or; second, Azure a comet Or palewise above a crescent Argent in base, the comet's head charged with a roundel Azure bearing a cross Gules.
Jochens Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Per fess: first, Or a demi-eagle Sable beaked and langued Gules issuing from the partition; second, Argent plain; over the partition a fess Azure charged with three roses Argent.
Jocher Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or a demi-man vested Azure issuing from a mount Argent, holding a long axe Argent upon his dexter shoulder.
Jocher d'Eggersberg Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a crown Or; second and third, per fess Argent and Azure, a pale counterchanged.
Jocher de Hohenrain (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Sable a crown Or; second and third, per fess Argent and Azure, a pale counterchanged. Overall an escutcheon Argent charged with a demi-man in profile issuing from a mount Vert, vested Azure with a collar Argent and a wreath Argent and Azure about his head, holding an axe Sable hafted Or upon his shoulder.
Jöchl Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a griffin Or holding a sword Argent, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Argent on a fess Gules a crown Or.
Jockisch-Scheuereck Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Per pale Vert and Argent, a rose per pale Argent and Gules.
Joeden-Koniecpolski Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Argent a sinister arm in armour holding a sabre, their tinctures unspecified; second, Azure a lion passant guardant Or holding between its paws a rose Gules.
Joerg Coat of Arms
Germany.
Gules Saint George mounted on a galloping horse and piercing with his lance a fallen dragon, all Argent on a terrace Vert.
Joham de Mundolsheim Coat of Arms
Alsace.
Per fess Sable and Or, in chief a demi-unicorn Or issuing from the partition.
Johannes Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Or an escallop Gules.
Johannsdorf Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent, two fesses gules.
Johler Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Azure a bend between two stars Argent.
John Coat of Arms
Silesia, Saxony.
Azure a crescent reversed Or between two stars Or, one in chief and one in base.
Silesia; grant of 1872.
Or three bends Azure; overall an escutcheon Sable charged with a griffin Or.
Silesia; recognition of nobility in 1607.
Gules three bends Argent; overall an escutcheon Sable charged with a griffin Or.
John de Freyend Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a basset hound courant proper, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second, paly of four Gules and Argent; third, paly of four Argent and Gules. Overall an escutcheon Argent charged with a dexter arm vested Azure cuffed Gules, the hand proper holding a sabre proper.
John von Schmitz-Grollenburg Coat of Arms
Württemberg; anchor in bend.
Per fess: first, Sable three bends Or; second, Azure an anchor Argent bendwise.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers to Schmitz zu Grollenburg and allows two orientations of the anchor.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Schmitz zu Grollenburg arms
Württemberg; anchor in bend sinister.
Per fess: first, Sable three bends Or; second, Azure an anchor Argent bendwise sinister.
Editorial note: Rietstap refers to Schmitz zu Grollenburg and allows two orientations of the anchor.
Rietstap: family reference · Rietstap: Schmitz zu Grollenburg arms
Johnn (von) Coat of Arms
Holstein.
Per pale: first, Argent three bars Gules; second, Azure a Latin cross Or edged Gules.
Johnson Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Azure three roses Argent, one and two.
Johnston (von) und Krögeborn Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Argent a saltire Sable; on a chief Gules three square cushions Or.
Jonak Edle von Freyenwald Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent two palm trees on a terrace Vert, their trunks joined by a chain Or from which hangs a circular medallion Azure bordered Or and charged with the letter M Or.
Jonas de Jonasburg Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Or two cocks' heads and necks Sable.
Jonemann Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Gules a fleur-de-lis between two roses Argent.
Joner auf Tettenweiss Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per fess: first, Azure a stag's antler Argent fesswise, ending in a trefoil; second, Or a chevron Azure.
Jonquières [formerly de Dompierre de Jonquières] Coat of Arms
Picardy, Holland, Hanover, Denmark.
Argent a fess Gules, in chief three roundels Sable in fess.
Jordan Coat of Arms
Germany; pennon arms.
Gules a fess wavy abased Argent supporting two pennons Argent with their staffs in saltire.
Germany; quarterly arms.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a lion Gules; second, chequy Gules and Argent; third, Azure an eight-pointed star Or.
Prussia.
Argent three hunting horns Gules arranged in pall, stringed and ringed Or with their mouthpieces and bells Or.
Prussia.
Per fess: first, Vert a mural crown Gules; second, Argent three hunting horns Gules stringed and ringed Or, the upper two palewise with their mouthpieces downward and their backs to dexter, the lower one palewise with its mouthpiece upward and its back to sinister; all within a bordure Or.
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Azure, a bend wavy argent between two stars or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Silesia.
Argent, a fess azure charged with an arrow of the field in fess, in chief three stars or.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Silesia.
Gules three hunting horns Sable arranged in pall, stringed and ringed Or with their mouthpieces and bells Or.
Silesia; grant of 1862.
Argent on a fess Azure an arrow Argent fesswise, in chief three stars Azure in fess.
Tyrol, Hesse, Galicia.
Gules a sinister arm in armour Argent holding a sword Argent.
Jordan auf Wackerstein Coat of Arms
Silesia, Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Or two bars Sable; second and third, Vert three hunting horns Gules stringed and ringed Or, arranged in pall with their mouthpieces toward the centre of the quarter. Overall an escutcheon Gules charged with a sinister arm in armour Argent issuing from the flank, the hand proper holding a sword Argent hilted Or bendwise sinister.
Jordan d'Alt-Paschkau Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Vert three hunting horns Gules stringed and ringed Or, arranged in pall with their mouthpieces toward the centre of the shield.
Jordans Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Gules a fess wavy Argent between three stars Or.
Jorek Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Argent, a bend gules.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jörg Coat of Arms
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Swabia.
Sable a lion Or supporting an orb Azure banded and crossed Or; on a chief Azure three eight-pointed stars Or.
Jörger Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale Argent and Sable, two scythe blades counterchanged.
Jörger (Barons) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per pale Argent and Sable, two scythe blades back to back counterchanged; second and third, Sable an annulet Argent.
Jörger (Counts) Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Eight quarters arranged in two rows of four: first and eighth, Argent a gyron Sable issuing from sinister chief; second and seventh, Argent a bend Azure; third and sixth, Gules two half mill-wheels Argent back to back; fourth and fifth, Argent two dexter cantons Gules, one in chief and one in base. Overall an escutcheon per pale Argent and Sable charged with two scythe blades counterchanged and surmounted by an antique crown, whose tincture is unspecified.
Jornitz Coat of Arms
Silesia.
Gules a star Or between two wings Sable back to back.
Silesia; alternative arms.
Per pale Or and Sable, two wings back to back counterchanged.
Jöstelsberg (Barons) Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, per pale Argent and Gules, four chevrons reversed counterchanged; second and third, Argent a lion Or crowned Or, on a mount of three peaks Vert and holding in its dexter paw a lime leaf Vert with its stalk downward. Overall an escutcheon Azure charged with three crescents Argent, one and two, the uppermost upright and the lower two back to back.
Jovio Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, Or an eagle Sable crowned Or; second, Argent an eight-pointed star Vert charged with a small house Argent, the lower compartment bordered at its sides and base by a bordure compony Gules and Argent.
Ju surnames
Jucters Coat of Arms
East Frisia.
Per pale: first, a water-lily leaf in chief and a demi-water-lily leaf in base issuing from the partition; second, a rose in chief and a demi-rose in base issuing from the partition. Rietstap does not specify the tinctures.
Jud de Bruckberg Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent the bust of a Jewish man proper in profile, vested Gules and wearing an Albanian cap Gules turned up and tasselled Or.
Jüdden, Juden or Judei Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Gules three Jewish hats Argent.
Judenbretter de Dagsheim Coat of Arms
Strasbourg.
Sable a fish-hook Argent palewise, its barb uppermost and to dexter; alternatively described as a case for a crozier Argent.
Judendanck Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Or a porcupine passant Sable.
Judenkirch Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Sable a sinister arm vested Argent, the hand proper holding a club Argent.
Judenschmitt Coat of Arms
Rothenburg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per pale indented of five wavy points Gules and Argent.
Judmann d'Affecking Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent on a bend Azure three Jewish hats Argent, aligned with the bend.
Jugel Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per pale: first, azure a bittern argent; second, or a griffin sable.
Jügert Coat of Arms
Magdeburg, Holstein.
Gules a demi-otter Argent issuing from a fish-trap Or placed fesswise.
Magdeburg, Holstein; alternative arms.
Per fess Argent and Gules, overall a fish-trap Argent bendwise, an otter proper issuing from it.
Jughard Coat of Arms
Giessen, Hesse.
Quarterly: first, Argent a demi-eagle Sable beaked and membered Or issuing from the partition; second, Azure a lion Or armed and langued Gules; third, Azure a star Argent edged Or supported by a mount Argent; fourth, Argent an elephant's head and neck Sable issuing from sinister.
Jugla Coat of Arms
Germany.
Gules a heart Or surmounted by a crown Or; on a chief Azure three stars Argent.
Julien de Juliani (Knights) Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules three crescents Or, one and two; second, paly Sable and Argent; third, paly Argent and Sable.
Juncker Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure an eight-pointed star Or; second and third, Gules two roses Argent in bend. A chief Argent over the quartering charged with a lion passant Gules crowned Or, and a base Argent charged with a mount Vert. Overall an escutcheon Argent charged with a crown Or.
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, barry of eight Argent and Gules; second and third, Sable a lion Or, that in the third quarter facing sinister. Overall an escutcheon Azure charged with a crossbow Argent.
Juncker de Blumenberg Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Azure a star Or; second and third, Gules two roses Argent in bend. Overall an escutcheon Argent charged with a crown Or.
Junckerstorf Coat of Arms
Westphalia.
Argent, a fess sable between three horseshoes of the same.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Junek Coat of Arms
Prussia.
Argent, on a bend azure three stars of the field.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Jung Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Azure a crescent with a human face Or turned to sinister; second, Argent trellised Sable nailed Gules.
Germany.
Per fess: first, Azure a phoenix Argent issuing from fire proper at the partition; second, bendy Or and Sable.
Regensburg, Bavaria.
Azure a stag rampant proper.
Rothenburg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Per fess: first, Or a demi-eagle Sable; second, Azure a sinister arm in armour Argent holding a sword, the sword's tincture unspecified.
Strasbourg.
Per pale Azure and Gules, a crescent with a human face Or turned to dexter over the partition.
Jung de Jungenfels Coat of Arms
Germany.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Argent a demi-lion Azure, that in the first quarter facing sinister; second and third, Azure a rose Argent.
Jungblut Coat of Arms
Germany.
Per fess: first, sable two torches or flaming proper in saltire; second, vair plain.
Junge Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Argent a demi-boy proper issuing from a mount Vert, his dexter hand raised and his sinister hand resting on his hip.
Saxony.
Per pale: first, Azure a wall Argent masoned Sable on a terrace Vert, surmounted by a pelican with its young Argent; second, Argent a vine Vert entwined about its support proper, bearing one bunch of grapes Azure, on a terrace Vert.
Jungen (zum) Coat of Arms
Frankfurt.
Gules three hunting horns Argent, one above another.
Jungendress Coat of Arms
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Franconia.
Azure a man-at-arms in armour Gules on a mount Argent, holding in his dexter hand a sword Argent and in his sinister hand a shield Or.
Jünger Coat of Arms
Erfurt.
Gules a naked boy proper standing on a terrace proper, holding a tuft of grass Vert in each hand, that in his sinister hand lowered.
Jüngermann Coat of Arms
Bremen, Prussia.
Azure, a man standing behind a cloud and supporting a star in each hand. The tinctures of the man, cloud and stars are not specified.
Jungingen Coat of Arms
Franconia, Swabia.
Quarterly argent and azure.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Swabia.
Azure a pair of open scissors Argent, their blades uppermost.
Jungk zu Nida und Linterbach Coat of Arms
Bavaria.
Per pale: first, Or two chevrons Azure; second, Azure a fleur-de-lis Or.
Jungkennen called Münzer de Mohrenstamm Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Prussia.
Or a chevron Sable between three Moors' heads, the tinctures of the heads unspecified.
Jungschultz Coat of Arms
East Prussia.
Argent a stag springing proper on a terrace Vert, holding between its teeth a pike proper bendwise sinister with its point upward.
Jungschultz de Röibern Coat of Arms
East Prussia.
Argent an arm in armour proper issuing from sinister chief, the hand proper holding a key Or palewise, its ward uppermost and to dexter.
Junitraed Coat of Arms
Rhine Province.
Sable semy of fleurs-de-lis Or, a lion Argent crowned Or, overall a label of five points Gules.
Junker Coat of Arms
Germany.
Azure three towers Argent, one and two, their doors Gules.
Junker (von) und Bigato Coat of Arms
Bavaria, Austria.
Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules a man standing with his legs apart on a mount Vert, vested in a jacket and trousers Argent with shoes Sable and an antique crown Or, raising two maces proper; second and third, per fess, in chief Or an eagle Sable supported by a fess couped Sable, crowned Or and charged on the breast and each wing with a star Or, in base Gules two opposed hands each issuing from a cloud at a flank and together supporting a stretched cloth Argent, above it a star Or. The tinctures of the hands and clouds are not specified.
Junker d'Ober-Conreuth Coat of Arms
Bohème, Bavaria, Prussia.
Gules a man standing with his legs apart on a mount Vert, vested in a jacket and trousers Argent with shoes Sable and an antique crown Or, raising two maces proper.
Juntha Coat of Arms
Strasbourg.
Per fess: first, Azure a star Or; second, Or three pallets Azure.
Jurisch Coat of Arms
Germany.
Gules, a bend argent charged with a lion passant sable and accompanied by two wings argent.
Just Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Per pale: first, Or on a bend sinister Azure a palm branch Vert; second, Azure two bends Argent, each charged with a palm branch Vert.
Justi Coat of Arms
Hamburg.
Quarterly: first, Azure a column Argent supported by the horizontal partition; second, Argent a vested arm proper issuing from a cloud in sinister chief and holding a balance, the tinctures of the cloud and balance unspecified; third, Argent a wheel of four spokes Sable; fourth, Azure an anchor Argent bendwise.
Justingen Coat of Arms
Swabia.
Azure a bend dancetty Argent.
Jutrzenka Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Per pale: first, Gules five stars Or, one, two and two; second, Azure a crescent with a human face Argent turned to dexter.
Jutrzenka de Morgenstern Coat of Arms
Pomerania.
Or, on a bend azure three stars of the field.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
Juvemann Coat of Arms
Saxony.
Quarterly: first and fourth, azure, a trefoil or in bend sinister; second and third, argent, on a bend sinister or a ploughshare sable in bend sinister.
Rietstap: French transcription and source reference
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