Pale (heraldry)

In heraldry is the pile, even post or totem pole, a herald image, which is formed by the two-time division of the shield or field. A stake is usually in the middle of the shield. The color of the right and left of the pile must be equal. The single central pole stands on the pile location. It occupies the imaginary shield graduation fields 2, 5 and 8 field The pile can also be represented multiple times in the arms, but then a narrower shape is selected. Are on a shield more than 4 piles one speaks of a narrow rod or pole (French Vergette ). For very narrow representation there is a thread. He then called pile thread, line, bar or rod. In older heraldic literature, the term Sparre (not identical with rafters) used.

  • If the pile entirely placed at the crest edge, it changes to the flank. This is to the right, left or double edge on both sides and must be emblazoned so. If there is a distance from the plate edge, it is a cross -post.
  • With the same color label main or sign foot without hyphen, the pile can convert to shield main stake or Schildfußpfahl.
  • From a shifted or offset stake is to be read in descriptions of Arms, when the upper and separated under part of the pile by a straight or oblique cut and offset by its width to the right or left ( moved) is.
  • A centrally interrupted pile is reported as a fraction stake: "In black and a silver stake fraction " has the appearance of black capital letter "H".
  • If two piles of different tincture to the inner boundary lines laid end and reach the normal pile width, is spoken by a being pushed pile.
  • A special form of the pile is the palisade. This one hauptgespitzter pile is described.
  • If the boundary line is wavy or gezinnt, one speaks of pile shaft or counter battlements pile / pile battlements exchange ( crenellations on hiatus ); the limit can also be otherwise formed (see coat of arms cut).

The Astpfahl has as boundary lines of the highly stylized form of a branch. The design can take just as in the blazon, all colors, shapes and figures. It can be divided by all sections of the whole coat of arms shield. Herold images and vulgar figures are possible in the stake.

Arrangements of common figures in the pile direction, ie one above the other, are referred to as pile- emblazoned example. In contrast, when only one beam- beam arrangement in groups is possible.

  • Argent, a pile of red
  • Azure, a pile
  • In red a golden pole with black rafters
  • Blue shield main pile
  • Right ( heraldic ) shifted pole
  • Left ( heraldic ) shifted pole
  • Black broken pile
  • In red with a silver shaft pile
  • In gold run counter battlements pile
Field (heraldry) Chevron (insignia)#Heraldry
646076
de