A Trio of Arms
Tag: Wappen
Crested Trios
Thursday Trios
Blow by Blow
The family crest for “Eisenhauer” (a not uncommon name in the German state of Hesse), literally “striker of iron” which is what a blacksmith does: he strikes the iron on the anvil – and what an impact he makes.
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Threes from a Trip
Set in Stone
After my trees yesterday were painted or signs made of metal today I turned to stone.
Wood and stone seem like an antithesis but it doesn’t need to be.
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I’m a fan of crowns
Crests often feature crowns
and so do restaurants in their signs.
Some wear crowns better than others but these all wear theirs perfectly.
A crowning achievement.
Linked to I’m a fan of … #89. More fanatical posts are linked here.
Crowned oak and acorns
A family crest. — Addendum: I HAVE to add this. I found this crest (taken from a mausoleum) in my archives. I liked the crown and I liked the oaks and acorns and so I picked it for the challenge. However, I have a photo of the whole mausoleum so I checked the inscription out of curiosity. Here it is:
So this is the final resting place of one Georg Wilding with the title of a prince. His grandfather married a Neapolitan princess and thus came by the title. Now it happens that I have an American friend with this surname. She doesn’t THINK she is related but the acorns and oak seem oddly familiar to something she has seen in her father’s genealogy research. She will let me know. Isn’t this exciting / weird / strange / interesting?
Even if nothing comes of it, it made me renew a friendship.
Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Crown.
A riding stable named Eagle Farm
Linked to Bushboy’s The Last on the Card Challenge – my last snap of October.
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