Armorial of the Presidents of Germany

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== Arms of the Presidents of Germany==
Many of the Presidents of Germany have born arms; either through inheritance or via membership in foreign [[orders of chivalry]]; in particular; the Swedish [[Order of the Seraphim]] and the Danish [[Order of the Dannebrog]]

==Arms of the Presidents of Germany==
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|[[Friedrich Ebert]], President of Germany , 1919-1925.

No arms known

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|[[Paul von Hindenburg]], President of Finland, 1925-1934

Ancestral arms: ''Quarterly, 1 and 3; a Bull's Head erased (von Beneckendorff), 2 and 4; a Deer in front of a tree proper (von Hindenburg)''

Mantling:

Crest: ''Dexter crest: issuant from a coronet four feathers. Sinister crest: issuant from a coronet two Eagle's wings''

Motto:

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|[[Adolf [...]]], Fuhrer of Germany, 1934-1945

No arms known

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|[[Karl Donitz]], President of Germany, 1945.

No arms known

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|[[Theodor Heuss]], President of Germany, 1949-1959.

No arms known.

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|Arms of [[Heinrich Lubke]], President of Germany, 1959-1969

No arms known.

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|Arms of [[Gustav Heinemann]], President of Germany, 1969-1974

Or a Hat Sable to which a Feather Gules are attached by a Cockade Argent, Gules and Sable, accompanioned by a Canton Gules charged with an Axe and a Olive Branch in Saltire Or.

Mantling: Sable doubled Or

Crest: a Demi-Eagle issuant Sable Beaked and langued Gules

No Motto.

Adopted on his admittance to the Order of the Seraphim on 26 May 1970.

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|Arms of [[Walter Scheel]], President of Germany, 1974-1979

Per Pale Gules a Horse issuant from the line of partition Argent and Argent a Housemark Gules.

No crest.

No motto.

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Seraphim]] on 6 May 1979.

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|[[Karl Carstens]], President of Germany, 1979-1984

No arms known.

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| Arms of [[Richard von Weizsäcker]], President of Germany, 1984-1994

Ancestral arms:Azure, in base Vert issuant three Wheat stalks Or.

Crest: a Man issuant holding in his right hand three Wheat stalks Or, his left hand on his
hip.

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| [[Roman Herzog]], President of Germany, 1994-1999

No arms known.

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|Arms of [[Johannes Rau]], President of Germany, 1999-2004

Or, an Eagle displayed Sable, beaked and taloned Gules, all within a Bordure Gules.

Adopted on his admittance into the [[Order of the Elephant]] on 24 April 2002.

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|[[Horst Kohler]], President of Germany, 2004-2010

No arms known.

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|[[Christian Wulff]], President of Germany, 2010-2012

No arms known.

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|[[Joachim Gauck]], President of Germany, 2012–present

No arms known.

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== References ==
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Nordenvall, Per. ''Kunigliga Serafimerorden 1748-1998.''

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