Excerpts from the book

HERALDRY OF THE WORLD

Written and illustrated by

Carl Alexander von Volborth , K.St.J., A.I.H.

Copenhagen 1973

Internet version edited by Andrew Andersen, Ph.D.

Bohemia

(pp. 124 and 213)

It is strongly recommended that you start with the section “Germany and Austria” because Czech (Bohemian) heraldic art and traditions are closely connected with the German/Austrian ones

667. The arms of Bohemia, fourteenth century.

668. The crown of the Bohemian St Wenceslas (Václav), fourteenth century. (All the jewels should be coloured.)

669. The arms of Moravia, fourteenth century.

665. Arms of the Bohemian Counts Radetzky, one of whom was the Austrian field marshal Josef Wenzel von Radetzky (1766-1858). (The handle of the spade should be brown.).

666. City arms of Prague.

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