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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Apr 2021
It is a white-red vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Apr 2021
Shield Gules parted by a saltire Argent cotised black-white-black.
Meaning:
The family arms of the Counts of Oettingen, later upgraded to princes, had always been a white saltire in a red shield. It appeared first on a seal print from 1440 in a triangular shield and remained the same on city seals from the 16th and 17th century and on a court seal from the 15th century, connected with vair. A false encoding in Petra Sancta code around 1700 caused temporarily a false blue background. The red background was however known at least since 1683.
Source: Stadler 1968, p.36
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Apr 2021
Banner and arms are traditional.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Apr 2021
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