The Dukes of Hohenberg, descendants of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

From Hesse
Princes of Battenberg, later Mountbatten:

From the Palatinate:
One of the branches of Loewenstein

From Wurttemburg:
Teck

Urach

Jeremy Kudlick wrote:What are the charges on the dexter side of Teck and Urach? They almost appear to be the spines and ribs of an animal.
Jonathan Webster wrote:They're antlers; derived from the original ancestral arms borne by the parent House of Wurttemburg.
Jeremy Kudlick wrote:Jonathan Webster wrote:They're antlers; derived from the original ancestral arms borne by the parent House of Wurttemburg.
They don't look like any antlers I've seen, but I've only seen White-Tail Deer and moose antlers up close.
Ryan Shuflin wrote:Traditional heraldry depicts Fallow, Roe, or Red deer. Fallow deer have broad antlers, Roe have small and straight antlers. So this is either a large Roe antler or a straight Red antler, but yes, it isn't instantly recognizable as an antler.
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