Coat of arms ID?

[DiggingFl]

Dose anyone recognize this coat of arms? First and only one Ive found and I have no clue. Ive looked at some photos on the web but no luck matching it up. I found it at a spring In N. Fl. that has many years of history going back to the 1500s with the early Spanish explorers till around the mid 1900s as a bath house and resort. Theres still some coloring on it so it probably dates to the latter. Thanks for looking.

 

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[romeo-1]

Neat find!

 

[goldencoin]

cool!

HH
-GC

 

[Salvager]

As a random guess is the cross (maltese cross??) in the top left german?
Nice find-gotta love the unique stuff.

Have fun,
Salvager

 

[Hardy]

Great find!! will pass it along to some people I know that know about Coat of Arms (Heraldry). will get back to ya!!

 

[DiggingFl]

Thanks again for looking. The upper left corner is a iron cross and the upper right I don't recognize. The lower half is a shield with a cross in the center and a lion on either side facing the shield on there hind quatars. I will try to post a better photo.

 

[DiggingFl]

Better pic.

 

[Postalrevnant]

Congratulations that is one great find.

Rev

 

[nhbenz]

Very nice find! If you happen to research it, the cross is more properly called The Cross Pattée. The Knights Templar (amongst others) used it long before the Germans adopted the shape for the iron cross. I believe the symbol on the opposite side is a variation of the fleur-de-lis. One site I came across referred to it as a triple termination pattern, but I couldn't find their explanation of what the significance of it was.

 

[Spitfire Reddie]

Thats a super find ! PBK IDed my coat of arms on my bug i am sure he can ID yours too !

 

[DJ_Quinn]

I'm no expert on coats of arms but I have pulled old relics out of the ground and yours looks old. IDing the coat of arms is a lot easier with the internet, you'll just have to put some time in searching. Good luck, and that's a really nice find.

 

[DiggingFl]

Spitfire who is PBK? Thanks again everyone.

 

[diggummup]

Thats a super find ! PBK IDed my coat of arms on my bug i am sure he can ID yours too !

Spitfire who is PBK? Thanks again everyone.

PBK is the all knowing master of ID's of unkown objects as well as an authority on 1000 other subjects! He is also a moderator on this forum. I'm sure he or someone else may be able to ID it.

 

[nhbenz]

I briefly referred to PBK as Yoda, but he e-mailed me and assured me that he is twice the height and only half the age of said Master... he made no reference to his knowledge, but he IS a bright (but modest) young lad.

 

[JerV3]

Nice find,

I found the same exact one last yr in a old set of woods. Still had a good bit of paint left on it.

HH Jer

 

[DiggingFl]

Hi Jer , You say you found one just like it . Are you in th U.S. I May need Yoda to ID this thing I must of looked at 1000 coat of arms today.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

What does the reverse look like? It could be a military unit crest. Neat find and HH, Mike