Little sign
The little shield , also shield or shield , is in heraldry a herald's image or a heraldic figure, additionally in the actual heraldic shield .
On the one hand, the little shield is a herald's image , i.e. a fundamental form element. This is a small shield that is only the height of a beam and the width of a post . He is single , so only in color. He may not have any other heraldic images or common figures . He is seen as a very broad board and is centered crest. If the label is still assigned, it becomes a heart label or middle label and must be described as such .
The little shield can also be placed somewhere else than in the middle, then it increasingly becomes an independent coat of arms. It can then also appear in larger numbers in the escutcheon, then the position is to be described in piles , bars , inclines or two over one (2: 1) etc., up to seeded / sprinkled , i.e. as a surface decoration without precise arrangement requirements. The exact shape (more than ten forms such as French, German, English, Polish, Spanish shield etc.) is sometimes not given, but follows local custom, often - like the simple central shield - the shape of the coat of arms itself. Inclination is not part of the Blazon, as it often varies with the times as well as the type of helmet (pot, bucket, bow or tournament helmet). The shapes of round shield and diamond shield are not possible here because, from a heraldic point of view, they are spheres or diamonds . It remains simple, but can have an additional coat of arms (“coat of arms in the coat of arms”) - then the latter forms are also possible.
Prussian eagle and Brandenburg chessboard ( Gelsenkirchen , DE, until 1928)
Two silver triangular shields next to each other at the top ( Neuenstadt am Kocher , DE)
Three little labels (2: 1) placed (here in Spanish, Hößlinsülz , DE )
The combination with other weapons or armor is obvious.
In addition, the shield as such can be an independent coat of arms figure , a coat of arms figure can also be equipped with a shield, in particular either a knight or the eagle with the breast shield . A detailed representation is also possible here.
A sword , covered by a silver round shield with a blue shield boss ( speaking : Schildorn , AT)
Floating (the figure does not touch the edge of the shield) the coat of arms of the Lords of Wartenfels (as full coat of arms , precisely emblazoned; Thalgau , AT )
Red-white-red Bindenschildchen (three on the bridge , one each at two knights , Vöcklabruck , AT )
Web links
literature
- Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984, p. 350.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernhard Peter: Correct and good blazon