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3. I'm trying to find a good resource for researching German coat of arms. Specifically I've traced my family Zaun back to the 1700s in Rothenditmold, Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Archion has been my largest resource though I have used a few others.
Coats of arms were granted to individuals (and their descendants), and not simply to surnames. Unfortunately, the belief that every surname has a unique coat of arms has led to a roaring trade in associated gifts. See The Myth of the Family Coat of Arms for a better description than mine.
Here, the armorial is identified as belonging to Augustin Cluzel. The full entry (in French) reads: CLUZEL (AUGUSTIN), né à Monelar (Aveyron) le 6 mars 1815, sacré à Paris, Ie 6 Septembre 1874, archevêque titulaire d'Héractée, délégué apostolique en Perse, décédé à Ourmiah (Perse) Ie 12 août 1882. ARMES. - D'azur à Jésus ...
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The German genealogy wiki GenWiki says however, that the following parish records are on microfilm in the state archive (Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg): Kirchditmold, Harleshausen, Rothenditmold, Wahlershausen, Wehlheiden, Weißenstein 1624-1753; I could not trace these records using https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys
Unfortunately neither describe a coat of arms. The Coat of Arms Database site (which, to give it credit, does explain "The term family crest is a misnomer. For the most part, arms belonged to individuals and not families or surnames") has 9 different coats of arms for the name Field. The first three appear to be variants on "Field of Laceby and ...
In Italian heraldry but there are a lot of simple coat of arms with no quartering. because quartering in heraldry has firm relations with genealogical matters, so, there is a probability that Jenkins wants by use of "linear forms" also refers to the genealogical, and not only the heraldic, aspect of subject.
I am assuming he served in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and the coat that Heinrich is wearing is a Prussian calvary overcoat, most likely from a Hanoverian dragoon, uhlan or hussar regiment based on the lighter color of the jacket and his location within Germany.
There is no such thing as a family coat of arms (or whatever). Arms are granted to specific people and may then descend to eldest sons etc. Anyone else with that surname is not legally allowed to ...
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