Rake (heraldry)
The rake is a common figure often used in the Middle Ages on coats of arms in heraldry .
The rake , also known as a rake, represents an agricultural tool in this case and is used individually, crossed two or crossed with a scythe in the coat of arms. Occasionally a sheaf is placed under the crossed implements.
Crossed rakes in the coat of arms of Helvíkovice , Czech Republic
Rake and crosier in the coat of arms of Mitteleschenbach , Bavaria
Coat of arms of Berlin-Heiligensee
Rake and pitchfork in the coat of arms of Heumaden , Baden-Württemberg
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