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From: David Zincavage <>
Subject: Re: heraldry question
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:49:30 -0800
References: <F163yWjT5WEckylvSui0000960e@hotmail.com>


Variations [odmiany] of Polish coats of arms exist for many reasons, of
which error and confusion must lead the list. It is very rare for records
of the origin of a variation to survive, and though stories providing
rationales sometimes have come down to us, these are almost always entirely
legendary. There is no system to it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurent MULLER" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:54 AM
Subject: heraldry question


> hello all
> Does anybody know why, in many cases, one can find several versions of the
> same c-o-a? I really don't understand why the same coa is sometimes
pictured
> holding different colours. Is it in order to differentiate lines of the
same
> family or something like that? Or, maybe the colour variation comes from
the
> fact that one family was, at first, part of polish nobility and the became
a
> part of the prussian one?
> Thanks a lot in advance for trying to make me understand.
> PS:please excuse my english.
> laurent
>
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