. Heraldry, historical and popular . arg. andgu. (Coll. Arm., MS. L. xiv.) The Crown of Henry II., King of France, , on his Garter-Plate at Windsor, has eight fleurs de lys upon the circlet, andanother large fleur de lys rises from the intersection of its eightarches. AUSTEIA. Arms,—Or, an Eagle ivith two heads di^p. sa., crownedarmed and membered gu., having an Imperial Crown placed above it inthe Shield, holding in its dexter claw a Sceptre and a Sword, and inthe sinister a Mound; charged on the breast with a Shield, tiercee inpale: 1. Hapsburgh, or, a lion rampt. gu.: 2. Austria, gu.,af
. Heraldry, historical and popular . arg. andgu. (Coll. Arm., MS. L. xiv.) The Crown of Henry II., King of France, , on his Garter-Plate at Windsor, has eight fleurs de lys upon the circlet, andanother large fleur de lys rises from the intersection of its eightarches. AUSTEIA. Arms,—Or, an Eagle ivith two heads di^p. sa., crownedarmed and membered gu., having an Imperial Crown placed above it inthe Shield, holding in its dexter claw a Sceptre and a Sword, and inthe sinister a Mound; charged on the breast with a Shield, tiercee inpale: 1. Hapsburgh, or, a lion rampt. gu.: 2. Austria, gu.,afessearg.: 3. Lorraine, or, on a hend gu., three eaglets (or allerions)arg. Supporters,—Two Griffins or, winged sa. The Shield of Austria is surrounded with the Collars of theAustrian Orders of Knighthood, and ensigned with the ImperialCrown, No. 620, which is very singular in its form, being cleftsomewhat after the manner of a mitre. The Arms of the Em-peror Francis of Austria, , are blazoned at Windsor, on No. 620.—Imperial Crown of Austria. The Imperial Eagle of Austria claims to be the successor tothe eagle of the German Emperors, which, in its turn, succeeded 472 FOREIGN HERALDRY. to the eagle of Ancient Rome; and it still bears the twoheads, which were significantly symbolical of the Eastern andWestern Eoman Empires, but are not i^articulavly happy in theirsymbolism when associated with the Aiistrian Kaiser. TheImperial shield, as I have shown, was commonly blazoned inEngland ; a characteristic example I have placed at the headof this Chapter, No. 678 a, from the Plantagenet Monument atKings Langley. The field of the Imperial Standard of Austria is yellow, withan indented border of gold, silver, blue and black, and it dis-plays the Eagle of the Empire. The National Flag is formed ofthree equally jvide horizontal divisions, the central one white,and the two others red; on the central division, towards thedexter, is a Shield charged as the Flag it
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