Club (heraldry)
The club is a rarely used coat of arms in heraldry and as a weapon all tingings are possible.
Due to its symbolic power as the executioner's official symbol , the club has made it into the coat of arms and has always been the symbol of jurisdiction. An example is the coat of arms of the city of Loitz in Western Pomerania with two golden clubs. In the Middle Ages, Loitz was a place of jurisdiction, which should be shown in the coat of arms.
The clubs are also an accessory with the wild men . If they are placed behind the shield, two are shown in the shape of an St. Andrew's cross. This has been used for French chancellors and French seal keepers since around the 17th century . In Flanders and Brabant it became the rule for this noble group as well.
Examples
blue club in the arms of Helmstadt
Wild man wielding a golden club in the coat of arms of Naila
Wild man with a black club in the coat of arms of Hertmannsweiler
literature
- Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. From apple cross to twin bars. 2nd, unchanged edition. Edition Battenberg, Regenstauf 2006, ISBN 3-86646-010-4 , p. 223.