Armor (heraldry)

Armor in the Brnířov coat of arms

The armor , breastplate or armor called, is a common figure in heraldry and is very rare in heraldic shield .

The metal chest protector is shown as part of combat equipment.

The coat of arms figure is only in recent Heraldry application in the crest . The armor appears in the coat of arms of the Hessian nobility von Harnier (syllable B. in red and turned half to the right) and in that of the ennobled Prussian family von Bockelberg ( guard cuirassier ). This nobility had in the Black / Silver inclined gevierten launched a shield or an entire Kürassierrock (jacket) under the harness and two silver guns in the sign foot .

literature

Chest armor in the Heraldry Wiki
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon. Volume 1, Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1859, p. 500.
Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian nobility lexicon or genealogical and diplomatic news from the princely, counts, baronial and aristocratic houses residing in the Prussian monarchy or related to it, indicating their ancestry, their property, their coat of arms and that of them emerged civil and military figures, heroes, scholars and artists. Volume 1, Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1836, p. 263.

Individual evidence

^ Johann Siebmacher , Hilmar Hermann Weber: Large and general Wappenbuch. Verlag Bauer / Raspe, Nuremberg 1890, (reprint Verlag Рипол Классик, 1990, ISBN 978-5-88134-235-7 ), p. 118 and Fig. Plate VVX., Figures 105 and 106
↑ Otto Titan von Hefner : Handbook of theoretical and practical heraldry. Part 1, Heraldisches Institut, Munich 1863, p. 103 and Table XXIII, Fig. 1023, 1024.

Web links

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[1] Johann Siebmacher , Hilmar Hermann Weber: Large and general Wappenbuch. Verlag Bauer / Raspe, Nuremberg 1890, (reprint Verlag Рипол Классик, 1990, ISBN 978-5-88134-235-7 ), p. 118 and Fig. Plate VVX., Figures 105 and 106

[2] Otto Titan von Hefner : Handbook of theoretical and practical heraldry. Part 1, Heraldisches Institut, Munich 1863, p. 103 and Table XXIII, Fig. 1023, 1024.