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 Posted at: 2012-02-24, 09:54

I admit that there is not much historic precedence for attacking swans in coats of arms though (at least compared to all the other animals or even non-attacking swans). There are a few exceptions though, such as this one: From a reference to Lohengrin, through the 15th-century counts of Rieneck (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/R-Scheibler131ps.jpg/403px-R-Scheibler131ps.jpg) and the counts of Hanau, there is a present-day district coat of arms featuring an attacking swan: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wappen_Main-Kinzig-Kreis.svg/437px-Wappen_Main-Kinzig-Kreis.svg.png

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Posted at: 2012-02-24, 13:26

I really like the depiction on the second coat of arms. So much so, that I may work up a version of the empire ship with the swan on the stern in a more aggressive pose. face-smile.png
(I went slightly off-topic here, but it appears we are championing swans on "multiple fronts"... or sterns as the case would have it.) face-grin.png

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