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The Heraldry of the World site is my private site, which is maintained by one person only. It is my hobby to collect everything possible with arms of towns, municipalities, villages etc. <br> | |||
The site is my private site, which is maintained by one person only. It is my hobby to collect everything possible with arms of towns, municipalities, villages etc. <br> | |||
I mainly focus on paper-based items, due to space and shipping costs, but I do collect basically everything with civic arms ! This includes stamps, books, ties, cups, plates, souvenirs, anything actually, as long as the arms are visible. | I mainly focus on paper-based items, due to space and shipping costs, but I do collect basically everything with civic arms ! This includes stamps, books, ties, cups, plates, souvenirs, anything actually, as long as the arms are visible. | ||
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I do not restrict myself to any country, but, obviously, I have most things from Holland as I am based there. | I do not restrict myself to any country, but, obviously, I have most things from Holland as I am based there. | ||
All items will be part of the foundation Heraldry of the World and (hopefully) will become part of a future heraldic museum | All items will be part of the foundation Heraldry of the World and thus kept together as a collection. All material (hopefully) will become part of a future heraldic museum or exhibition(s). + | ||
The next exhibition will be in the Wageningen University Library (NL) from March-May 2023. | |||
Some examples and recent donations: | Some examples and recent donations: | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:cup.jpg | File:cup.jpg | ||
File:Kleve.bag.jpg | |||
File:Frankfurt.plate.jpg | File:Frankfurt.plate.jpg | ||
File:apeldoorn.clip.jpg | File:apeldoorn.clip.jpg | ||
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File:texel.souv.jpg | File:texel.souv.jpg | ||
File:texel1.souv.jpg | File:texel1.souv.jpg | ||
File:Marienwaerdt.souv.jpg | |||
File:Biobio.souv.jpg | |||
File:Maastricht.glass.jpg | |||
File:Reiderzijlvest.cup.jpg | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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