List of personal coats of arms of Presidents of Germany
Amorial 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
Arms |
Name of President and Blazon |
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Friedrich Ebert, President of Germany, 1919-1925. No arms known |
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Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany, 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:Dexter: Azure, lined Argent Sinister: Gules, lined Argent 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 an 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
Nordenvall, Per. Kunigliga Serafimerorden 1748-1998.