Arms of Börde, Germany Blazon: Gules a knight in full armor mounted on a horse passant treading on a serpent in fess, head to the sinister, all argent
The origin of heraldric mottoes might probably be traced to two sources, in themselves diametrically opposed to each other; I mean Religion and War.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by M. A. Lower
Arms of Christian X of Denmark, 1870-1947, reigned 1912-1947 Blazon: Per cross paté argent fimbriated gules; I or seme de hearts gules, three lions passant in pale azure, armed and langued of the second, crowned of the third; II, or two lions passant … Continue reading
Arms of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Germany Blazon: Per quarterly, I argent a wall gules, masoned sable, on the battlements a bear passant to the sinister of the third; II, or a lion rampant of the third armed and langued of the second; … Continue reading
From The Manual of Heraldry by Anonymous, p37-38
Arrangement of charges, as demonstrated by torteaux
Left to right, top to bottom; two in pale, two in fess, 2 and 1; three in bend, 2 and 2 (sometimes cantoned), five in saltire; five in cross, 2, 2, and 2; 3, 2, and 1 (or six in pile)
Arms of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Germany Blazon: Argent a double-headed eagle gules armed or dimidiated with per fess the third a lion rampant azure armed and langued of the second and the fourth a cross moline impaled upon a spearhead* of … Continue reading
Arms of Frederick IV of Denmark, 1671-1730; reigned 1699-1730 Blazon: Per cross paté argent fimbriated gules; I, or seme des hearts gules, three lions passant in pale, armed and langued of the second, crowned of the first; II, gules a lion rampant … Continue reading
The first monarch who assumed the rose was Edward I, who bore the flower or, the stalk green.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by M. A. Lower
Arms of Zwickau, Germany Blazon: Per pale azure a lion rampant per fess or and argent, armed and langued gules and bendy of four of the fourth and the third
From The Manual of Heraldry by Anonymous, p8-9 The different colors of roundels
European Heraldry 