Snowflake (heraldry)
The snowflake or snow crystal, is a charge in heraldry.
The display in coats of arms is following a strictly stylized form of the natural six pointed crystal form of a
winter sport (e.g. Saalbach-Hinterglemm
, Austria, together with a pair of skis).
The tincture is often argent (silver).
Literature
- Walter Leonhard: Das große Buch der Wappenkunst. Entwicklung, Elemente, Bildmotive, Gestaltung. Lizenzausgabe. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2001, ISBN 3-8289-0768-7, S. 261.
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