Trapp - Coats of Arms

(last updated on February 8, 2001)

TRAPP

COATS OF ARMS

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 7 entries for the above surname in Rietstap's "Armorial General", pp. 931-932.

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...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY....

...A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER (1st pub. in 1894)

SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. NEUHAUSER FOR THE TRANSLATIONS BELOW.

.......Trapp of Hambourg

NOTE:..Illustration courtesy of David Appleton ... taken from Rolland's "Illustrations to the Armorial General by J.B. Rietstap".

...Trapp of Hambourg

ARMS:..D'argent a une outarde au naturel, tenant en son bec une bague d'or, accompagne en chef a senestre d'un carre oblong d'argent, inscrit des lettres M.G.H.

CIMIER:..l'outarde, le vol leve.

LAMBREQUINS:..d'argent et de gules.

Translation:

ARMS: *Gules (red), a (great) bustard Proper (natural color), holding in its beak a ring Or (gold), in sinister chief a **horizontal cartouche Argent (silver), inscribed with the letters M.G.H.

CREST: The (great) bustard, wings raised.

MANTLING: Argent (silver) and Gules (red).

..* Rietstap has it that the field is colored silver, but this makes no sense as the horizontal cartouche is also silver and the mantling is silver and red, yet no mention of red is made in the description of the shield...Therefore, ... the logical assumption is that the filed should be red and not silver as Rietstap describes it.

** Rietstap uses the curious term "carre oblong" (lit. "an oblong square"), rather than "canton" or "rectangle"...Rolland's illustration of this "oblong square" looks rather like a horizontal cartouche.

Trapp of Wurtemberg

NOTE:..Barons, 1 August 1818...Maison eteinte le 31 October 1842.

ARMS:..De gules, a une outarde au naturel, couronne d'or posee sur une terrasse de sinople. Trois casque couronne.

CIMIER:..1 un dextrochere, arme d'argent pose sur le coude, la main de carnation tenant une epee en bande; 2 l'outarde, entre un vol coupe alternativement de gules et d'argent; 3 trois plumes d'autruche, une de gules entre deux d'argent.

LAMBREQUINS:..d'argent et de gules.

SUPPORTERS:..deux griffons d'argent, ailes de sable.

Translation:

NOTE: [created] Barons, 1 August 1818...House extinct 31 October 1842.

ARMS:..Gules (red), a (great) bustard Proper (natural color), crowned Or (gold), standing on a terras Sinople (green)...Three crowned helmets.

CREST:

1. A right arm, armed Argent (silver), resting on its elbow, the hand Proper (natural color), holding a sword in bend dexter;

2. The (great) bustard between a vol (two upraised wings) couped, alternately Gules (red) and Argent (silver);

3. Three ostrich plumes, one Gules (red) between two Argent (silver).

MANTLING:..Argent (silver) and Gules (red).

SUPPORTERS: Two griffons Argent (silver), wings Sable (black)

Notes on Translation:

1. The “crowns” of the “crowned helmets” are coronets...The type of coronet or helmet is not given.

Trapp of Bavaria

ARMS:..D'azur a une outarde au naturel, posee sur un tertre de sinople.

CIMIER:..L'outarde.

LAMBREQUINS:..d'or et d'azur.

Translation:

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a (great) bustard Proper (natural color), standing on a hill or mount Sinople (green).

CREST:..The (great) bustard.

MANTLING:..Or (gold) and Azure (blue).

Trapp of Allemagne

ARMS:..De gules a une outarde passant d'argent, posee sur une terrasse de sinople; le champ chaperonne-polye de sable et d'argent, a deux etoiles (8) d'or. Casque cournonne.

CIMIER:..l'outarde, entre un vol, l'aile dextre taillee d'argent a l'etoile (8) d'or sur gules plein, l'aile senestre tranchee de sable a l'etoile (8) d'or sur or plein.

LAMBREQUINS:..a dextre d'or et de sable, a senestre d'argent et de gules.

Tentative Translation:

ARMS: Gules (red), a (great) bustard passant Argent (silver), standing on a terras Sinople (green); chaperonne ploye Sable (black) and Argent (silver), two (eight-pointed?) stars Or (gold)...Crowned Helmet.

CREST: The (great) bustard between a vol (two upraised wings), the right wing Gules (red), party per bend sinister Argent (silver), with (an eight-pointed?) star Or (gold), the left wing Or (gold), party per bend Sable (black), with (an eight-pointed?) stars Or (gold).

MANTLING: To the right, Or (gold) and Sable black), to the left, Argent (silver) and Gules (red).

Notes on Translation:

1. The German word for bustard is Trappe. Thus, these are canting arms.

2. The number eight in parentheses probably indicates the number of rays of the stars...An 8-pointed star occurs in a number of German ARMSs.

Trapp of Autriche

NOTE:..Chevaliers, 18 November 1876.

ARMS:..De gules a une outarde au naturel, posee sur un tertre de trois coupeaux de sinople. Deux casque couronne.

CREST:..1 une outarde contourne au naturel, entre un vol coupe altnativement de gules et d'argent; 2 une sirene de carnation chevelee d'or, couronnee de roseaux de sinople, supportant de sa main dextre une etoile d'or, la senestre appuyee sur sa banche.

MANTLE:..D'argent et de gules.

DEVISE:..NEC ASPERA TERRENT.

Translation:

NOTE: [Created] Knights, 18 November 1876.

ARMS: Gules, a bustard proper, standing on a mount of three points Sinople. Two crowned helmets (crown is a coronet)

CREST: 1. A bustard proper contourne (with its head turned to the left) between a vol (two upraised wings) couped, alternately Gules and Argent; 2. A siren, flesh-colored, with hair Or, crowned with reeds Sinople (green), holding in her right hand an etoile (star) Or, her left hand resting on her side.

MANTLING: Argent and Gules.

SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. NEUHAUSER FOR THE ABOVE TRANSLATIONS.

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