(last updated on 6 January 2003)
ODENDAAL
Armorial bearings DO NOT belong to all persons of a given surname and may rightfully be borne ONLY by the descendants of the individual to whom they were first granted or allowed, according to the Laws of Arms in the country of origin.
There are __ entries for the above surname in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 2, pg. ____;
...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY
...A GLOSSARY OF TERMS
USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
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...Mattheus Johannes Odendaal 42
REMARKS:..Registrasie/Registration. GK/GN 1553: SK/GG 1250, 1965-10-08...Wapenbrief uitgereik/Certificate issued: 1967-04-27 (Afrikaans)...REFERENCE 42 - H4/3/4/27.
WAPEN:..In goud, 'n beurtelings gekantelde rooi dwarsbalk vergesel van drie eiketakkies, elk met 'n akker en blare van natuurlike kleur, geplaas 2 en 1.
HELMTEKEN:..Op 'n grasgrond van groen 'n jakkalshond voor 'n aalwyn, alles van natuurlike kleur.
WRONG EN DEKKLEDE:..Goud en rooi.
WAPENSPREUK:..HAND AAN DIE PLOEG.
ARMS:..Or, a fess embattled counter embattled Gules between three slips of oak fructed proper, placed 2 and 1.
CREST:..A foxhound in front of an aloe, all proper, on a mount Vert.
WREATH & MANTLING:..Or and Gules.
MOTTO:..HAND AAN DIE PLOEG.
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