--Mary Smith said:-- > Now, about this Ferrari-esque horse on the Westfalias "everyone" was > talking > about a few weeks ago (I know, I'm a little behind the times!), while > labeling > a box of new books/tapes for the Department the other day, I saw a pa > ge in a > book that had the "coat-of-arms" for all the German "states". Westfa > liawerke > is in Nordrhein-Westfalen, I beleive, (either that in Niedersachsen-- > either way > my theory works...) and the "coat-of-arms" for that state has the Fer > rari-esque > horse in it. Hope this clears up the mystery. (the coat-of-arms for > Nieder- > sachsen also has a Ferrari-esque horse). I'd certainly be curious to > find out > if this is indeed how the horse got there! > Mary Smith Permit an amateur herald to respond: the arms of the German State of Westphalia are : WESTPHALIA. Gules, a horse courant argent. That is, On a red background, a white horse on its hind legs. The Ferrari horse is black, as I remember. It may or may not be the same as the arms of Stuttgart -- I don't have a German Armorial with me. Thanks for the help with the curtain tabby things, by the way. -- Todd R. Schroeder |This is not the luggage ticket (baggage todds@sunnet.chotel.com |check) described in Article 4 of the Warsaw '71 Campmobile |Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol |of 1955.
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