Holger Danske, 3 Hearts & 3 Lions

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    or,   a lion passant azure langued gules   	in middle chief
     smaller
  2 hearts gules in fess
    slightly higher
    smaller smaller smaller
    much further apart     much further apart     much further apart   2 lions passant azure langued gules   	in nombril
    much higher
    very much larger
    much further apart
    much further apart
    much further apart
  a heart gules in base point
    smaller smaller
  Achievement     A Royal Helmet slightly higher
      Torse Gules and Azure
      Mantling Gules and Azure
      Crest         a lion guardant Azure,
        langued gules, armed or and crowned or
          smaller and  higher
-- Holger Danske, Three Hearts and Three Lions

(Previously entry no. 6076)

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Notes

Ever since I read Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions as a boy a half century back, I have tried to imagine what Holger's arms looked like. They are describe only as "three hearts and three lions". Clearly they relate to the Danish royal arms, but how are they laid out. I've tried three lions in pale with three hearts in chief and a number of other layouts. This one, only possible through all the minute adjustments seems to most resemble the royal arms while still being unique and appealing in their own right.

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