Saint-Pierre-Bois

SAINT-PIERRE-BOIS

Département : Bas-Rhin

Official blazon
French	(old) D'argent à une gaine de serpette de sable posée en fasce. (new) D'argent à un étui de bois au naturel avec sa hachette de vigneron de sable emmanchée aussi de bois au naturel.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show a wooden case that contained a hatchet ( s'holtzmasser in Alsatian) that the winemakers used in spring in the vineyards to prune the stakes.

The previous arms:

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