Our coat of arms origin is not due to any nobility title, but our ancestries, between 1600 and 1800, had to sign some documents and writing was not privilege of all, so they use to sign with a crest, usually stamped on wax, and which remained as an identification symbol to some families. Symbols was related to work, activities, skills or characteristics, like the plow of cherwriers' crest, similar to ours, or the six pointed rays stars, which are commonly related to commercial and financial activities.
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1 - Blason - D'azur à la herse d'or surmontée de deux étoiles à.six rais du même; d'argent au coeur de gueule percé en sautoir de deux flèches d'or; lambrequins azur et or surmonté d'une étoile à six rais d'or. 2 - Ornament located at the St. Maure Chapel. 3 - Decorative tile. 4 - Japanese phonetic calligraphy of "Winandy"

Blason Winandy - Winandy Crest1... 2...3... 4

Blazon Winandy - Winandy Family Crest
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Blason Winandy - Winandy Coat of Arms
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The Cherwriers Plow symbol
Cherwriers' plow
     

.Although we possibly have the same roots, we may not have the same family crest. If yours is slightly or quite different, or if you have old pictures or documents representing any Winandy related symbols please let Us know it.


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