Armorial 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
	Friedrich Ebert, President of Germany, 1919-1925. No arms known
	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:
	Adolf Hitler, Fuhrer of Germany, 1934-1945 No arms known
	Karl Donitz, President of Germany and Austria, 1945. No arms known
	Theodor Heuss, President of Germany, 1949-1959. No arms known.
	Arms of Heinrich Lubke, President of Germany, 1959-1969 Per pale Or and Vert an Eagle displayed per pale Sable and Argent, beaked and langued Gules, dexter talon Gules holding a book Gules with fore-edges Or, sinister talon Or holding a sceptre Gules. Mantling: Dexter: Sable, lined Or Sinister: Vert, lined Argent Crest: a Demi-Eagle displayed per pale Sable and Argent, beaked and langued Gules[1][2]
	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, accompanied 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.
	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.
	Karl Carstens, President of Germany, 1979-1984 No arms known.
	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 or upon an open coronet Or, a silver birch branch Proper.[3].
	Roman Herzog, President of Germany, 1994-1999 No arms known.
	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.
	Horst Kohler, President of Germany, 2004-2010 No arms known.
	Christian Wulff, President of Germany, 2010-2012 No arms known.
	Joachim Gauck, President of Germany, 2012–2017 No arms known.
	Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany, 2017-present No arms known

References

"Coat of Arms of Heinrich Lübke". Wikimeida Commons. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
"Dannebrogordenens Våbenbog tome X, 1948-1999". kongehuset. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
Generalregister Wappenführender Familien Band I, 1945-1985 Proheraldica (Acceded 9 September 2017)

Nordenvall, Per. Kunigliga Serafimerorden 1748-1998.

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[1] "Coat of Arms of Heinrich Lübke". Wikimeida Commons. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[2] "Dannebrogordenens Våbenbog tome X, 1948-1999". kongehuset. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[3] Generalregister Wappenführender Familien Band I, 1945-1985 Proheraldica (Acceded 9 September 2017)