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Bear in heraldry

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A demi bear appears in the crest of Lawson in Canada. A grizzly bear, with wings, appears as a supporter in the bearings of Norris, also in Canada. Canada has armigers with polar bears in their bearings. Chimerical half-bear, half-ravens appear as supporters of the
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sent a detachment in support of the Christian king. According to chronicles of the time, these troops carried a flag or banner which identified them: a statant bear on a silver field.
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are unanimous in deriving the name of the city from the name of the animal; modern historiography has long assumed, however, that the city had been named for
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The bear was the heraldic animal of the seal and coat of arms of Bern from the 1220s, attested shortly after its foundation by
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the titles of "Imperial" and "Crowned" for this reason, a crown was added on the shield above the tree.
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is also used cantingly, and appears in representations of the Berlin coats of arms in the
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Andres Kristol (ed.): Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen. Huber, Frauenfeld 2005,
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depicts a bear on a red city gate on lower half, which is inherited from the former
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until the early 20th century). Also canting, but associated with a legendary
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A black bear with silver claws and a collar appears on the coat of arms of
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abounds in bears. A bear is also used, cantingly, in the arms of the
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1579, which brought Appenzell to the brink of war with Saint Gallen.
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in the 1980s, which suggested that the toponymy is of Celtic origin.
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depicts a bear reaching up into a madroño or strawberry tree (
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Werner Vogel, Berlin und seine Wappen. Ullstein, Berlin 1987
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Strehler, Hermann (1965). "Das Churer Missale von 1589".
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A black bear appears on the coat of arms (and flag) of
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of the city's name, is the bear in the coat of arms of
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Bear (heraldry)

Bern
bear
heraldic charge
lion
boar
canting arms
coat of arms of Berlin
early modern period
Prussian
Brandenburg eagles
false etymology
Bern

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Madrid
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Alfonso VIII of Castile
Almohads
Madrid

Appenzell
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Saint Gall
Abbey of Saint Gall
Appenzell
pizzled
Saint Gallen

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