5 ms·

You will have to ask some heralds. You probably have a "badge", which is a diminuitive/selected feature set of a "crest". The design elements of a crest or ba

You will have to ask some heralds. You probably have a "badge", which is a diminuitive/selected feature set of a "crest". The design elements of a crest or badge are described as as "a blazon". https://pro-heraldica.de/en/heraldry/ https://pro-heraldica.de/en/heraldry/ https://pro-heraldica.de/en/heraldry/terms-of-heraldry/ https://pro-heraldica.de/en/heraldry/terms-of-heraldry/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_heraldry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_heraldry https://heraldica.hypotheses.org/1767 https://heraldica.hypotheses.org/1767 heraldric blazons are their own little DSL, so you'll need to know how to encode the crest into that language. And of course, it's not just one language; it's many that vary by nation-state-ish-thing, time, etc. You'll want to find a herald who knows about the continental blazoning styles. a database of german arms from ~1600+: https://data.cerl.org/siebmacher/_search/ https://data.cerl.org/siebmacher/_search/

jansan 4y ago
Add this to the list: https://eherold.org/wappenliste/ https://eherold.org/wappenliste/
dghf 4y ago
> You probably have a "badge", which is a diminuitive/selected feature set of a "crest". Maybe things are different in German heraldry, but in English heraldry, a badge need bear no relation to the owner's coat of arms or crest -- for example, the Tudor Rose of Henry VII (arms: the fleurs-de-lys of France quartered with the lions of England; crest: a crowned lion in a standing pose), or the Stafford knot of the dukes of Buckingham (arms: a red chevron on a gold background). In England at least, the key difference between a coat of arms (with or without a crest) and a badge is that the former could only be properly worn/carried/displayed by its owner (and his heralds), while the latter could be worn by his followers as a sign of allegiance.
- hprotagonist 4y ago
  what you say is true for england and sometimes france, for certain, and likely about germany too. germans are different, though: iirc they allow two metals to touch, too, and other stuff. it’s also possible that OP has a badge of a city or council or guild or whatever too.
vadansky 4y ago
Canada has one too! https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register

jansan 4y ago

Add this to the list: https://eherold.org/wappenliste/ https://eherold.org/wappenliste/

dghf 4y ago

> You probably have a "badge", which is a diminuitive/selected feature set of a "crest". Maybe things are different in German heraldry, but in English heraldry, a badge need bear no relation to the owner's coat of arms or crest -- for example, the Tudor Rose of Henry VII (arms: the fleurs-de-lys of France quartered with the lions of England; crest: a crowned lion in a standing pose), or the Stafford knot of the dukes of Buckingham (arms: a red chevron on a gold background). In England at least, the key difference between a coat of arms (with or without a crest) and a badge is that the former could only be properly worn/carried/displayed by its owner (and his heralds), while the latter could be worn by his followers as a sign of allegiance.

hprotagonist 4y ago
what you say is true for england and sometimes france, for certain, and likely about germany too. germans are different, though: iirc they allow two metals to touch, too, and other stuff. it’s also possible that OP has a badge of a city or council or guild or whatever too.

vadansky 4y ago

Canada has one too! https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register