Flitsch (heraldry)
With Flitsch the feathered part of an arrow or pin is designated in the area bow and arrow. The flight feathers for flight stability are a coat of arms figure in heraldry and are rarely (only the rear part of the projectile) shown without the rest of an arrow in the coat of arms .
In the description of the coat of arms , this part of the arrow must be mentioned separately if the tinging in the shield is different. Emblazoned is the technical term of heraldry: the arrow is red beflitscht (Example).
The Flitsch is also replaced by other smaller figures such as a heart , star or the like or covered in such a way that it is not clear and can only clarify the description of the coat of arms.
Flitsch replaced by a red heart
Flitsch with arrow shaft in a Polish herb
See also
literature
- Curt Oswald Querfurth: Critical dictionary of heraldic terminology. Verlag der CH Beck'schen Buchhandlung, Nördlingen 1872, p. 39.
- Johann Siebmacher , Hilmar Hermann Weber: Large and general book of arms. (Introductory volume) Verlag Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1890, p. 121.
