Witikon quarter (Zürich canton, Switzerland) (original) (raw)

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Witikon

[](../images/c/ch-zhq27.gif) image by Pascal Gross

Gules a Schildbeschlag Argent.
This is I guess some kind of iron-work, possibly related with fer-de-moline.
Željko Heimer, 15 June 2001

Assuming that Schildbeschlag is the same as Danish skjoldbeslag, it is originally a metal reinforcement of the shield, similar to the escarbuncle of e.g.Navarra.
Ole Andersen, 16 June 2001